Victoria Duncan-Williams, a follower of the unsuccessful New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer candidate Kennedy Agyapong asserted that the party will not prevail in the general elections of 2024 with Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia leading the charge.
Kennedy Agyapong’s earlier claims that the NPP had already lost the 2024 elections back in 2022 will come to pass, according to Victoria Duncan-Williams.
Following the elections, on November 4, 2023, Victoria Duncan-Williams claimed in an interview with Oyerepa TV that Ghanaians had previously lost faith in the NPP, but that their confidence was restored when Kennedy Agyapong declared his interest in running for president.
“Ken has done well because for one person to fight all these people, look at the results, as a first-timer, and get such results, he has done very well,” she said.
“NPP is going into opposition, there is no two ways about it. They are going into opposition, and they are not coming back today or tomorrow.
She added: “I am telling you the truth. We are already in opposition, as Ken said, we lost the election in 2022 because 2022 was a very bad year for us, but people made the decision to vote for NPP when Kennedy came. People started getting hope, but now that they have removed him, then straight to the opposition, no two ways about it.”
Who is this lady? I saw her with Ken at the stadium yesterday. Interesting submissions after the election yesterday pic.twitter.com/bQVLpHdnWT
— Receipts Guy (@receiptsguy) November 5, 2023
Dr. Bawumia, who had been President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo‘s running mate since 2008, created history by being the first non-Akan to lead the NPP into a general election.
In a crowded field that also included Kennedy Agyapong, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, a former minister of agriculture, and Francis Addai-Nimoh, a former member of parliament for Mampong, Dr. Bawumia emerged victorious.
With 118,210 votes, or 61.43% of the total, Dr. Bawumia received the most votes, followed by Agyapong with 71,991 votes, or 37.41%. With 1,459 votes, or 0.76%, Dr. Afriyie Akoto finished in a distant third place, while Addai-Nimoh garnered just 781 votes, or 0.41%.
The presidential primary had 193,339 delegates in total, with 192,441 valid votes and 898 invalid votes. A 94.63% voter turnout was recorded.
