A failed parliamentary aspirant in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) primaries in the Asawase constituency has denied being sponsored by the party’s leadership to unseat the incumbent Member of Parliament.
Masawudu Mubarick, who received 734 votes during the primaries, was in the race with Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak. Some party supporters in the constituency had called for a change.
However, the incumbent Asawase MP sailed through with 1,063. He alleged a grand scheme by some party bigwigs to unseat him after he lost his position as the Minority Chief Whip.
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Masawudu Mubarick, however, denied accusations that he was used for the purpose and called on his supporters to rally behind the incumbent MP to help the NDC retain the Asawase seat in the 2024 general elections.
Masawudu Mubarick stated at a press conference, “The issue about me being a favourite candidate, wow how lucky I am? I remember last year this same establishment barred me from contesting.”
“So I don’t think there’s any iota of truth in these allegations. I wasn’t in any way sponsored. 70 per cent of the money I have spent came from my personal coffers, and 30 per cent came from people I have empowered in one way or the other. I never had any contributions from any business or party person, I can say that with authority.”
Masawudu Mubarick congratulated Muntaka Mubarak for his success and urged his supporters to stay calm and let cool heads prevail.
“Let’s all unite and rally around our re-elected parliamentary candidate so that, come 2025, Muntaka Mubarak will return to Parliament.”
“He has all my support, and I’m encouraging my supporters to also support him so that NDC will come out victorious in the upcoming elections,” he added.