New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer aspirant Kennedy Agyapong has arrived at the party’s headquarters for a scheduled meeting with the various aspirants following Saturday’s (26 August 2023) super delegates conference through which the 10 aspirants were whittled down to five.
Mr Agyapong came second after Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia.
Subsequent to the election, the party summoned the Assin Central MP to face the disciplinary committee of for allegedly threatening President Nana Akufo-Addo and Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia.
Mr Agyapong was heard in a widely circulated video, threatening: “President Akufo-Addo, I will give you a showdown in this country, I swear to God. Vice President, I will give you a showdown for chasing my agent away. I swear to God. You will hear what will happen here. I swear to God, I will challenge President Akufo-Addo big time”.
A statement signed by NPP General Secretary Justin Kodua Frimpong on Sunday, 27 August 2023, said four others have also been summoned to face the committee.
“Pursuant to Article 10(7)(5) of the NPP Constitution, certain individuals namely: Mr. Raphael Patrick Sarfo, Mr. Charles Dokyi Yaw-Addo, Mr. Musa Sulemana and Mr. Hopeson Yaovi Adorye will be referred to the Party’s Disciplinary Committee”.
“This is a direct response to evidence, including video and photographic materials, which suggests potential violations of the provisions outlined in Article 3(5)(A) of the Party’s Constitution and potential misconduct under Article 4(7)”.
“Emphasis must also be placed on the fact that Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, pursuant to the above-mentioned constitutional provisions, will also be summoned before the Disciplinary Committee of the Party to provide responses and further details to the accusations and threats he made against certain personalities in a video that has since gone viral on social media and mainstream media”, the statement added.