Legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has recently revealed his reasons for supporting Akufo-Addo in the 2016 general elections, citing his belief that Akufo-Addo would bring about transformative change akin to a “junior Jesus” figure.
Mr Kpebu expressed confidence that Akufo-Addo would address the challenges faced during the tenure of then-President John Dramani Mahama.
Speaking on TV3’s Key Points program, on April 13, 2024, Mr Kpebu explained, “I voted for Akufo-Addo, clear, because I thought that this was junior Jesus in 2016. I voted for him because I thought he was the one coming to change everything. In hindsight, I suffered a bias because he has been a lawyer much longer than I have been, so I looked at the personal things I was doing, and I said then, if this man is decades ahead of me, then he must be super super. Not knowing there is no logic in it.”
Mr Kpebu’s comments came in response to a recent poll conducted by Global InfoAnalytics, which indicated that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the candidate of the New Patriotic Party, is trailing behind opposition candidate John Dramani Mahama in the race for the presidency in 2025.
According to the poll results, JDM leads with 54.3%, followed by DMB with 34.9%, Alan Kwadwo Kyeremanten with 7.5%, Nana Kwame Bediako with 2.3%, and all others with 1%.