The Vice President of Ghana and Flagbearer hopeful for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s campaign team has refuted claims by Kennedy Agyapong that he has been approached to step down and be given the Running Mate slot.
Also the campaign team of the Vice President described claims that the Flagbearer hopeful has resorted to threats and intimation of people not in his camp as fabricated lies which should not be regarded.
In a statement responding to the allegations made by Hon. Kennedy Agyapong said “We wish to state in unequivocal terms that the Bawumia Campaign team has not approached Kennedy Agyapong for such a running mate offer, nor have we assigned any member of the team to approach him for the same. ”
The statement added, “It is also not true as alleged by Kennedy Agyapong that Dr. Bawumia is collapsing the party through intimidation. The unity of our party has been of great concern to candidate Dr. Bawumia.
“It is in light of such concern that he refrains from responding to unwarranted attacks by others in the contest and has cautioned his supporters against responding to such provocative attacks. His strategy has been to persuade delegates to support his bid. This he does, by laying his vision for the party and country.”
This comes after Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong during a health walk in Kumasi stated that, “Wontumi and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia are the ones destroying this political party, but we will not allow that. They are threatening everyone who is not in their camp, and that is worrying. I am not the one destroying the NPP. For me, what I see is what I say, and that ends it. I have all the meetings they have attended, and when they try anything, there will be an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”.
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The Bawumia campaign team has noticed with grave concern news report by Citinewsroom.com and other media outlets in which the Hon. Kennedy Agyapong is alleged to have indicated that some members of the Bawumia Campaign team attempted to bribe him to step down and be made the running mate to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
We wish to state in unequivocal terms that the Bawumia Campaign team has not approached Kennedy Agyapong for such a running mate offer, nor have we assigned any member of the team to approach him for the same.
As we have always maintained, the contest for flagbearer in the NPP is an internal one, and all actors, particularly the aspirants must be guided by the core values of the NPP, which include but are not limited to truth, decorum, and respect for one another.
Thank you.
— Signed —
Gideon Boako, Ph.D
Spokesperson
