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The Incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the Yendi constituency, Farouk Aliu Mahama, has been declared the winner in the New Patriotic Party(NPP) parliamentary primaries in the Yendi constituency.
The National 3rd Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party(NPP), Alhaji Osman Masawudu, declared Farouk Aliu Mahama as the winner as he polled 495 votes out of 785 votes cast.
According to him, during the counting of the ballot papers, Farouk Aliu Mahama had secured 296 before an unknown person disrupted the process.
He indicated that the ballot papers in the possession of the EC officials belonging to Farouk Aliu Mahama remained 199.
Earlier, the New Patriotic Party(NPP) parliamentary primaries in the Yendi constituency halted over confusion that erupted during the counting process.
The situation however created some tension which resulted in the destruction of voting materials by supporters of both aspirants.
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