{
  "id": 19942853,
  "title": "Asiedu Nketia urges police to act on vote buying as NDC picks regional organisers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/asiedu-nketia-urges-police-to-act-on-vote-buying-as-ndc-picks",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T07:36:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "3News",
    "slug": "3news",
    "url": "https://3news.com/news/politics/ndc-regional-executive-elections-results-vote-buying"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Johnson, the National Chairman, has called upon the police to apprehend anyone participating in vote buying as the NDC begins electing its regional executives. Delegations from six regions - Eastern, Greater Accra, Northern, Bono, Ashanti, and Volta - cast their votes for youth and women organizers on Friday. In Greater Accra, Mohammed Abdul Muqmin Juda emerged victorious in the youth organiser race with 103 votes, while Richard Dogbe secured 26 votes. Felicia Mekpoi Bortey claimed the women's organiser position with 65 votes. Results from the remaining regions are still pending.\n\nAsiedu Nketia, speaking to JoyNews, stated that offering party members gifts was not inherently wrong; however, bribes used to influence internal elections are unacceptable in a democratic society. He urged the security services to treat such actions as any other crime, asserting that the law prohibits bribery in both public and internal elections. While the law does not explicitly address internal party contests, Section 33 of PNDCL 284 criminalizes bribery in public elections.\n\nThe Director of Elections and IT at the NDC, Mahdi Gibril, had previously warned regional aspirants against purchasing delegates' votes. The subsequent stage involves the main regional executive contests - chairman, secretary, organiser, and treasurer - taking place at conferences on Saturday and Sunday, with Ashanti delegates convening at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi. The North East election remains suspended following a Nalerigu High Court ruling barring five co-opted members due to a dispute over their selection.\n\nUpon winning the regional executive elections, participants will join the electoral college for the national executive elections on December 19. Ninety-eight candidates secured approval, and five positions, including the General Secretary role held by Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, currently have no opposition.",
  "summary": "Six regions declared youth and women organisers on Friday as the NDC national chairman asked the police to treat vote buying as a crime.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Asiedu Nketia satisfied with NDC legacy as he prepares to exit chairmanship",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/asiedu-nketia-satisfied-with-ndc-legacy-as-he-prepares-to-exit",
        "published": "2026-11-14T05:31:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}