John Dumelo, the Ghanaian actor, politician, and NDC candidate for the Ayawaso West Wuguon constituency, has emphasized the essential nature of the competition between himself and Fred Nuamah.

Speaking on TV3, he said the rivalry between him and his friend, John Dumelo for that particular constituency would have been suicidal.

‘I didn't mind the contest, but I felt like a contest wasn't needed. It wasn't necessary because the party looked at Ayawaso West as a different case, because I had contested in 2020.

"We did extremely well, we nearly won, and we lost by a small margin. So it would have been suicidal to change the candidate. So, in a democracy, a lot of negotiations had to go on. As a Democratic party, you had to sit down and do your research, you had to decide that, for this place, let's change this person, and so on," he stated.

Meanwhile,John Dumelo was selected as the NDC's official candidate for the Ayawaso West Wuguon Constituency on Sunday, August 13.

This marks his second consecutive bid for the position.

Before this, he faced opposition from his close friend and fellow member of the NDC party, Fred Nuamah. Fred Nuamah had initially shown his own desire to contest for the position

However, in a new twist to events, Fred decided to withdraw from the race and throw his support behind John Dumelo.