The Independent

On the left side corner of the front page is a story titled "Ablekuma Central rebuffs Konadu's threats". According to the story, the intimidation from supporters of the two rival political parties, NDC and NPP, got to its peak during run-up rallies of both parties for the Ablekuma bye-election. According to the paper, by the results of the bye-election the electorate in the constituency have rejected the NDC's politics of intimidation which found expression in their slogan: "vote NDC for Development or perish." The paper continued that, the first lady's threat of "vote for my husband's party or forget about development" was also did not go down well because the electorate can no longer be intimidated by politicians. The paper concluded that, the electorate did not budge to the first lady's threat but instead rebuffed her with a massive vote for the NPP.