Dumelo apologises for making wild allegation against MP Lydia Alhassan on live TV

His statement was triggered by NPP supporters who were chanting about the V8 saga during his submission.

He stated, “I want to say something. I can see their supporters have been mentioning V8, V8, V8. If that is the case, then it is also fair to say that maybe Lydia is the one who killed her husband to become MP. That is it, because if they want to go that tangent, I can also go the same tangent. If they want to go that tangent, I will go the same tangent because this time around, it is boot for boot.”

This comment sparked outrage, particularly on social media platform X, where users heavily criticised him.

In response to the backlash, Dumelo took to X to apologise and retract his statement, saying, “I apologise and retract the comments I made earlier today on TV3.”

She won the 2019 Ayawaso West by-election with 68.80 percent of the valid votes cast while the other candidates, Kwasi Delali Brempong of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) polled 30.52 percent, William Kofi Dowokpor of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) and Clement Boadi of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) polled 0.58 and 0.10 percent respectively Administration.