Peter Lanchene Toobu

Peter Lanchene Toobu is a Ghanaian retired police officer and politician who is a member of the National Democratic Congress.[1][2] He is the member of Parliament Elect for the Wa West Constituency in the Upper West region.[3] He is a Retired Superintendent of

Hon.

Peter Lanchene Toobu
Member of Parliament Elect for
Wa West Constituency
Assumed office
7 January 2021
Personal details
Nationality Ghanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress

Police in Ghana.[4]

Career

Toobu served as the Executive Secretary to the former Inspector General of Police (IGP) David Asante Apeatu from 2017 until he resigned and retired from the service to go into Politics.[5][6]

Politics

Member of parliament

Toobu won the parliamentary bid to represent the National Democratic Congress for the Wa West Constituency ahead of the 2020 elections in August 2019 after securing 775 votes to beat incumbent member of parliament former Minister of Local Government Joseph Yieleh Chireh who polled 317 votes and who had served as MP since 2004.[7][8]

Ahead of the 2020 General elections he was appointed as the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Spokesperson on Security and was heard on various radio and television stations speaking about policies his party had concerning security.[9][2][10]

In December 2020, Toobu won the Wa West Constituency seat in the parliamentary elections. He won by polling 27,550 votes against his closest opponent, Dari Daniel Kuusongno who obtained 13,143 votes from the 40,829 total votes cast.[3][11]

References
  1. Agency, Ghana News (2020-12-05). "NDC's Lanchene-Tuubo to help improve education in Wa West". News Ghana. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  2. "'NDC govt will restore integrity of Nat. Security, Police, Military' – Lanchene Toobu". www.ghanaweb.com. 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  3. "2020 polls: Ex-IGP's Executive Secretary Peter Toobu wins Wa West seat for NDC". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  4. "Be wary of deceitful politicians- Supt. Lanchene Toobu tells constituents in Wa West". GBC Ghana Online. 2020-03-05. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  5. MyNewsGH (2020-04-26). "Politics never existed between Asante-Apeatu and I – Superintendent Peter Toobu". MyNewsGh. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  6. "The next Mahama administration will restore morale in the security services – Ex-IGP's Executive Secretary Peter Toobu assures". Happy Ghana. 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  7. "NDC Polls: Yieleh Chireh floored by ex-cop Tuubo". Graphic Online. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  8. ""I spent Ghc20,000 on my primaries" - Supt. Peter Lanchene Toobu (rtd) admits | Politics GhanaToday". GhanaToday. 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  9. Agency, Ghana News (2020-09-07). "NDC announces sectoral spokespersons for 2020 manifesto". News Ghana. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  10. "Election 2020: Peter Toobu advocates for public filming of police actions at polls". www.ghanaweb.com. 2020-11-05. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  11. Agency, Ghana News (2020-12-08). "Retired Police Officer wins Wa West Constituency Parliamentary seat". News Ghana. Retrieved 2020-12-23.


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