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The Northern Regional Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Umar Yussif Alhassan has dispelled calls by a group calling itself NDC John for John Movement on delegates to vote all incumbent executives out of office. The group�s Secretary, Salifu A. Baba earlier in an interview with Citi News described the NDC Northern Regional executives as �self-seeking politicians who do not deserve another term.� He claimed that the Chief Sofo Azorka-led team�s inefficiency contributed to the seven seats the party lost to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) during the 2012 general elections. In response, the regional NDC chief scribe described the group�s allegations as baseless. Though he admitted the group is a recognized one in the region, he accused its leadership of side-stepping the regional executives and allowing themselves to be used by �unseen hands� for their parochial interest. Alhaji Umar Yussif Alhassan urged the group to stop what he termed as the �pull-them-down syndrome� and canvass for more votes to retain the party in power in 2016. He also advised the group to exhaust the party�s internal dispute resolution mechanisms to resolve their grievances.