COP George Alex Mensah Loses Bekwai Primary To Lawyer Ralph Poku-Adusei1 min read

Retired Police Officer, COP George Alex Mensah has lost his first bid to represent the Bekwai constituency in Parliament.

He lost with 245 votes while his contender, Lawyer Ralph Poku-Adusei, led with 662 votes in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries.

The other contestants, Henry Opoku Ware and Kingsley Opoku Agyemang polled 30 and 1 vote respectively.

The total votes cast was 938.

The incumbent Member of Parliament for Bekwai and First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu who did not seek re-election, openly endorsed the candidature of the retired Police Officer and urged delegates to vote massively for him.

But the delegates had their own choice.