Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, a former finance minister, has formally withdrawn from the NDC’s upcoming flagbearer election.
The former governor of the Bank of Ghana said in a press conference on Friday that his decision was based on his complaints about the procedures surrounding the party’s upcoming primaries, particularly the voters register.
He claims that there have been numerous irregularities with the exercise, which the party leadership has not addressed.
As a result, he emphasized that he will no longer run for the NDC’s flagbearer position, adding that he will continue to communicate with the party’s grassroots.
Earlier on, Dr. Duffuor pulled out his lawsuit seeking an injunction against the NDC’s upcoming weekend primary elections.
Meanwhile, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor will perish, according to Allotey Jacobs, the former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
He declared that the former finance minister had left the party.
According to Allotey Jacobs, Dr. Duffuor has effectively given those in the NDC leadership who he refers to as “dark horses” the upper hand.
“The dark horses in the NDC are at play…I would say this is the third trap. This trap is for Dr. Kwabena Duffour.”
Allotey claims Dr. Duffour is “finished in the NDC…Kwabena Duffour is finished so far as the NDC is concerned. This is a game where there are certain forces there that I call them the ‘dark horses’. All they wanted was for Dr. Duffour to go to court and he has also gone to court”.
According to the former NDC Central Regional Chairman, the goal of the plot’s organizers was to portray Dr. Duffour as the opposition party.
“It is about nothing but that being pushed to go to court and then letting the grass root that he is an enemy of the party. So, he is done; that’s all!”
