Credible reports available indicate Actor, Politician, and Philanthropist John Dumelo is set to re-contest in the 2024 parliamentary primaries of the National Democratic Congress in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency seat on the ticket of the opposition and will come against his best friend Fred Nuamah.
The two celebrities have trended on social media consecutively.
Twitter, in particular, is awash with massive reactions from netizens and their colleagues in the showbiz fraternity.
A host of Ghanaian celebrities have since congratulated the actors for taking up such a mantle.
The likes of Joyce Bawa Mogtari, Dentaa Amoabeng, Fella Makafui, Prince David Osei, Joselyn Dumas, Peace Hyde, Edem, Juliet Ibrahim, and a lot more others, have congratulated and wished the two actors well.
Others, however, have harbored doubts and questioned their abilities in the political space.
For John Dumelo, this is not his first time in the contest.
In the 2020 elections, he ran for the constituency seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) but lost to the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Lydia Seyram Alhassan during the general election and is said to have a direct advantage over Fred Nuamah.
Lydia Seyram Alhassan won with 39,851 out of 77,604 total votes while John Dumelo of the NDC had 37,778 while an independent candidate got 108 votes.
Dumelo has earlier been associated with the newly created SALL Constituency but reports say he will contest the Ayawaso West Wuogon seat.
John Dumelo who gave Lydia Seyram Alhassan a run for her money during the 2020 elections was actively involved in party politics as he was seen seriously campaigning on various fronts to win the position.
Fred Nuamah who is also a film director is best known for his role in the movie ‘The Game’, on the other hand, is making his debut in the same constituency.
When he announced his intention to run for the NDC parliamentary primaries in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency, a lot of people wondered what had become of John Dumelo’s political ambition for the area.
Some reactions on social media:
“Ah John Dumelo vs Fred Nuamah”.
Ameyaw112
“Vim”.
Beverly Afaglo
“My Setor is coming like kakai”.
Selassie_Ibrahim
“And we are winning this time around. On God”.
Enamtugbefia
“We dey for you too. This year I’ll be part of your campaign team. Mawulawoe”.
Jijixelorm
We’re finished!
Ghanaian musician, M3nsa, claimed that it will be a bad idea for John Dumelo or Fred Nuamah to be given the mandate to serve as Members of Parliament.
The two Ghanaian celebrities are gearing up for the NDC primaries where they will be keenly contesting for the parliamentary candidature in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency.
Fred Nuamah, a popular Ghanaian actor cum CEO of Ghana Movie Awards took netizens by surprise after the flyer announcing his political intent went viral.
John Dumelo who contested in 2020 but lost has declared a comeback.
The two aspirants have since been trending on social media, particularly, Twitter, after they declared their intentions.
But wading into the discussion, M3nsa said the two aspirants are not to be trusted.
He took to Twitter and wrote:
“Some of us grew up knowing some of these people personally and I tell you… We’re FUCKED!”.
M3nsa
The tweet was a direct reaction to a post shared by the handle of a local media.
Although John Dumelo and Fred Nuamah are contesting for the same position, the same party, and the same constituency (Ayawaso West Wuogon), they are good friends.
Fred Nuamah was John Dumelo’s best man at his wedding in 2019.
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