Actor cum politician John Setor Dumelo has described Fred Nuamah’s decision to contest him for the Ayawaso West Wuogon (AWW) NDC Parliamentary Candidate (PC) as a “stab in the back.”
According to the actor, he never discussed with anyone an intention to ditch the seat and that the ongoing rumours about a discussion he had with Fred in the presence of Yaw Sakyi about his disinterest in the contest is also false.
John Dumelo bemoaned the film director and producer is not his friend considering the fact that he is trying to contest a seat he Dumelo would be contesting after knowing each other for two decades.
Speaking on United showbiz Saturday, March 11, 2023, Mr. Dumelo divulged that, “I never had a conversation with Yaw Sakyi about Fred. I can never give Fred Nuamah my blessings. To do what? To come and contest Ayawaso when he knows that I will contest there, why would I do that?”
He added that Fred attended a surprised birthday party his friends organised for him in February and released his flyers that very evening.
According to John, he received a long text message from Fred, “trying to explain things but i was stunned to have seen such a move from someone i have known for 20 years and that to me it is a stab in the back.”
John Dumelo won the Ayawaso West Wuogon primaries in 2019 by triumphing over incumbent PC Delali Kwasi Brempong.
However, he got defeated in the main elections by the New Patriotic Party’s Lydia Seyram Alhassan who was the incumbent through a bye-election that occurred a few months to the general elections, following the demise of then Member of Parliament, Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko.
Dumelo lost the contest by a little over 2,000 and is optimistic a comeback would do the magic for him after making consultations with the people that matter.
