Former Constituency Chairman of Fomena in the Ashanti Region, Mr. Akwasi Nti, has accused President Akufo-Addo of leading the removal of certain Members of Parliament (MPs) including Andrew Asiamah within the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
According to Nti, this removal was orchestrated through Chairman Wontumi, targeting individuals who were supporters of the founder of the Movement For Change, Mr. Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen.
Mr. Akwasi Nti made these claims in response to the NPP’s decision not to designate Fomena constituency as an orphan constituency, despite the party leadership’s characterization of it as such.
Speaking on Pure FM in Kumasi, Mr. Akwasi Nti asserted that the executives in the Fomena Constituency were not involved in the party’s decision to oust the lawmaker.
“It was Chairman Wontumi who in the 2020 election told me that, President Akufo-Addo has said Lawyer Andrew Asiamah is an Alan (supporter) so we should remove him from the seat and that is exactly what we did but could not be achieved”, he added.
Mr. Akwasi Nti additionally disclosed that Members of Parliament such as the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Lawyer K.T Hammond, the Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr. Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi, and the late Philip Basoah of Kumawu constituency were all part of the list of individuals whom President Akufo-Addo sought to have removed from Parliament.
“It was Wontumi who told us that. So we did exactly what they demanded us to do. It was part of the agenda to prepare the way for the election of Bawumia as the party’s flagbearer. That is all that it was about. Wontumi told me all these,” he insisted.