The troubled Parliamentary Candidate hopeful for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bimbila Cosntituency, Alhaj Ahmed Zaruk has hinted that the people of people of the area will resist any attempt by the party to impose a candidate on them going into the 2024 general elections.
Alhaji Nuru Zaruk served this warning at a press conference in Tamale yesterday Sunday, January 7 where he addressed the media to break his silence since the brouhaha in the constituency started over the omission of his name in the vetting list last week.
“It is evident from the conduct of Chairman Samba and his cabal that they are determined to everything possible to deprive me and the good of Bimbila constituency the choice of electing the youthful, vibrant and dedicated and dedicated MP”, the visibly angry Zaruk told the journalists.
“We are serving notice to these shameless people that we will resist any attempt to impose a candidate on us. We try to ensure that a good people of Bimbila get a needed representation in parliament, that the people will get the best and befitting development in the constituency”, he added.
His actions were as a result of the vetting committee’s demand for him to go back to Bimbila to sign his nomination forms to enable him go through the contest in the parliamentary primaries slated for January 27 this year.
Alhaj Ahmed Zaruk also said Chairman Samba and his cabal are doing everything possible to prevent him from contesting in the election with all sort of machinations, adding that they want to deny the people of Bimbila a true representation in parliament.
He revealed that during his encounter with the vetting committee, the chairman indicated that he should sign the documents in Tamale to solve the challenges that resulted in the vandalization of the office, but Chairman Samba and his executives insisted that it should done in Bimbila for reasons he believes are aimed at embarrassing him to the constituents.
“I don’t know the the motive they have and I wouldn’t want to fall in any of their evil plans. Whose decision should I go by anyway? The decision by vetting committee for me to sign the forms here or decision of the regional chairman who I know from day one have serious issues with me contesting Bimbila under the ticket of NPP”, he said.
