Kennedy Agyapong, a flagbearer candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), revealed that his mother passed away as a result of the threats made against him by the brother of a fellow politician.
He claimed that since he entered politics, his mother had been subjected to taunts and threats that she was unable to handle. He also claimed that she had begged him on numerous occasions to leave politics, but he had refused.
According to him, “My mother died because of threats on me.”
“When Hon. Collins Dauda’s brother threatened to kill me, my mother couldn’t take it. She died on the 13th of November. During the week she died, I visited her, and she was pleading with me to stop politics, and she said: Kwame you’ll kill me. That was Thursday, on Friday, I left for Kumasi and while returning to Accra on Sunday afternoon, I got the bad news that my mother had died. And I was told she was saying my heart, my heart, and Kwame you will kill me,” he said in an interview on Citi TV.
The independent MP claimed that he was still struggling with his mother’s passing.
Kennedy Agyapong is running to represent the NPP in the 2024 presidential elections.
To choose a flagbearer for the 2024 elections, the NPP has decided to hold a presidential primary on November 4, 2023. Nominations for the presidential primary will open on May 26, 2023, and close on June 24, 2023. Nominations for the parliamentary primary will open on December 20, 2023, and close on January 4, 2024.
In other news, Deputy Minister for Railway Development Kwaku Asante-Boateng has denied media reports that Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia disrespected him.
He claimed that while he expressed his support for Alan Kyeremanten, he never claimed that the Vice President ignored him.
It was made clear by Mr. Asante-Boateng that he supported former Minister of Trade and Industry Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, and he berated the media for misrepresenting him.
The Deputy Railway Minister claimed that the way some camp members treated him during a campaign stop in the Asante Akyem region left a lot to be desired.
