Ghanaian actor John Dumelo has emerged as the winner of the Ayawos West Wuogon constituency election.
Dumelo, who contested on the platform of the National Democratic Party (NDC), defeated the incumbent, Lydia Alhassan of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Dumelo won the election with 40,561 votes, while Alhassan polled 27,377 votes. This is Dumelo’s second attempt at the constituency seat, having narrowly lost to Alhassan in the 2020 election.
Dumelo began his acting career in 1991 and has since appeared in various Gollywood and Nollywood movies.