NDC Primaries: Ex-IGP Executive Secretary beats incumbent Yieleh Chireh in Wa West contest

A former Executive Secretary to the immediate past Inspector General of Police (IGP), Superintendent Peter Lanchene Tuubo has won the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primaries in the Wa West Constituency of the Upper West Region.

Superintendent Tuubo who voluntarily resigned from the service to contest the primaries managed to convincingly beat the incumbent MP and former Minister of Health, Joseph Yieleh Chireh.

At the end of polls, the police officer had won with 755 votes as against the incumbent’s 317.

Peter Tuubo says he is hopeful of retaining the seat for the opposition National Democratic Congress come 2020.