JJ Tells Humiliated Wife: I Told You So

A cold breeze appears to have frittered away the warmth in the house of the Rawlingses after Saturday�s crushing electoral defeat suffered by former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, in Sunyani, a source close to the former first family has told The Globe. The more than 3,000 delegates of the NDC who gathered at the Sunyani Coronation Park on Saturday to elect a new leader dealt a humiliating blow to the presidential ambitions of the 31st December Women�s Movement boss, handing her a 96.9% to 3.1% drubbing at the end of a contest preceded by serious allegations of vote-buying and intimidation of delegates by loyalists of the incumbent. President John Mills won in all 10 regions with a total of 2771 votes; the former first lady -- a woman who wielded a lot of power and influence in the NDC during her husband�s 19 years as head of state -- received a mere 90 votes. There were 5 spoilt ballot papers. A source close to the former first family has told The Globe the defeated NDC flag bearer aspirant is unhappy with the husband for, as the source puts it, �not actively supporting her campaign for election as flag bearer.� �The thing is Madam believes the old man did not do enough... Also she is very unhappy about how the founder stepped forward to raise the right hand of President Mills soon after the results were announced when he knows that the elections in Sunyani were not free and fair,� the source said, hours after the former first-couple left the Coronation Park. The source added: �What even hurts madam the most is the old man�s suggestion that Madam should have withdrawn from the race. "In fact, the old man practically told Madam �I told you so� as they left the park.� But, Spokesperson for the group, Friends of Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings (FONKAR) has denied that there is cold war in the Rawlingses home. �There is nothing like that. I can say with certainty that those claims by your source are false,� Dela Coffie, said adding: �The two of them even addressed their supporters together before we left Sunyani on Sunday.� He told this reporter that Mrs Rawlings� campaign team is scheduled to meet later today to decide on how to officially respond to the results of the polls. �We believe the election was not free and fair,� the FONKAR spokesperson said. However, our source�s account of what happened moments after the results of Saturday�s polls were announced give credence to an earlier claim by a former Rawlings Aide, Victor Smith, that the retired Ghanaian leader �has been very hesitant to support his wife�s presidential ambition.�