Private legal Practitioner Lawyer Maurice has thrown his weight behind Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia for the upcoming flagbearer election of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) in August.
The two other leading candidates namely Alan Kyerematen and Kennedy Ohene Agyapong are much easy targets for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), the firebrand lawyer says.
“Kennedy Agyapong has a lot of dossier that the NDC can use against him and so the NDC is only focused on attacking Bawumia who poses serious threat him.”
According to him, Bawumia will remove Akufo-Addo loyalists from positions of power when elected, likening what is to come, to how the late John Fiifi Atta Mills, allegedly sidelined members of his own party, upon assuming office in 2009.
“I see Bawumia as someone who is bringing good luck to Ghana, his government will be Bawumia’s government and not Nana Akufo-Addo’s government and Bawumia will sack all Nana Addo’s people from his side, all Nana Addo’s people will go away, all of them will expire when Bawumia comes, he will be like Atta Mills, do you remember what Atta Mill’s did to Rawlings, the same way that he will do,” he said.
Speaking in an interview with Okay FM, on July 9, 2023, he stressed the significance of electing a Muslim president from the Northern Region of Ghana. He argued that previous administrations led by Christians had let down the nation, accusing them of engaging in corruption and unethical practice as a result, he contended that it was time to break the cycle and embrace a leader from a different religious background.
“When Bawumia comes we will make history, for the first time, we will get someone who is a Muslim and lives in the North. We have tried Christians who have disappointed us, using the name of Jesus Christ, they will be stealing, taking bribes and all, so, we are tired of the Christians.”