Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, has reacted to claims from her opponents that she tried to influence voters during the Special Voting at the Legon Police polling center.The NDC parliamentary candidate for Ayawaso West Wuogon, John Dumelo, has voiced his unhappiness with Lydia Alhassan's actions.

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He accused Lydia Alhassan, the NPP candidate, of breaking election rules by allegedly handing out food packs to people waiting in line to vote during the ongoing Special Voting.“Why are you sharing food to the people in the queue? Why are you doing that? Why, as for us, we can’t share? We can share. If they want me to share, I will also share, but let us respect the rules of the Electoral Commission.

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Don’t share anything with the people in the queue who have not voted yet. You are sharing food, and we don’t know what is in it. And yet you are sharing it with the people who have not voted yet. What kind of stupidity is this? Why do they think we can’t do the same? We can do the same and even worse. They shouldn’t even try us,” he fumed.

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The NPP MP has dismissed the accusations, saying they are false and meant to damage her reputation.She believes her opponents are always looking for chances to attack her character, even though she hasn’t done anything to harm them.Why is it that they will not mind their business and they are always trying to attack me? They always do this and here I am by the grace of God, I have a temperament that is able to contain all of this.

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They do all of these and I am Lydia so they try to do all things against me,” she also fumed.Lydia also spoke about claims that she gave rice and oil to a security officer at the University of Ghana to sway his vote.She explained that the officer is actually a leader from her opponent’s party and said the accusations are completely untrue and just political propaganda.

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“The gentleman in a viral video talking about me giving him rice is an NDC executive. I didn’t come out to say anything about it because we are five days away from the elections and I wouldn’t do anything to mar the hard work that I have put into this. They always mention my name and try to destroy my hard-earned reputation.

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I have taken enough but I thank God for the temperament that he has given me and I will continue doing my good work…” she explained.

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