Aspirant for the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP)Kennedy Agyapong, flagbearer position, recently shared his feelings of resentment towards certain Members of Parliament.
He specifically mentioned those whom he asserts to have assisted in the past.
During an interview with Bola Ray on Starr FM’s Starr Chat program, which took place on October 5, 2023, Agyapong claimed that these particular MPs have now distanced themselves from him as he competes for the NPP’s flagbearer role.
“I am very bitter that if I had not contested, I wouldn’t have known my enemies, these MPs, the help that I have given them,” he lamented.
He singled out one MP, Alfred Obeng-Boateng, representing the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai constituency in the Western North Region, whom he claims to have personally assisted and campaigned for in the past.
Agyapong expressed his disappointment, saying that despite his support, Obeng-Boateng is now campaigning against him.
“Last week, one of them that I helped, I will never forgive him but after November 4th, he will see what will happen. You see, if you are not even going to vote for me, you have a choice and I don’t have a problem.
“But the people in his constituency know that I went there to campaign for him, and this man picks up a phone and calls delegates, telling them not to vote for Kennedy Agyapong but to vote for number two on the ballot. And then one of them asked him why, and he said Kennedy Agyapong doesn’t know how to talk,” he added.
He continued, “I campaigned for him in Bibiani; I am not afraid of him, Alfred Obeng. I left his place at 1:00 a.m. for this man to tell me that I don’t know how to talk. I can never forgive that guy.”
He also disclosed that when Obeng-Boateng faced challenges in his career, he provided support, stating, “When they sacked him from BOST, he was always in my house till about 1:00 am, consoling him.
“If it were in America, they would say he has depression. And this man, if you won’t vote for me, that’s not a problem, but for you to go and tell your delegates that Kennedy Agyapong doesn’t know how to talk, I leave him to God.”
Kennedy Agyapong is one of the four contenders competing for the NPP flagbearer position, alongside Dr. Bawumia, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, and Francis Addai-Nimoh.
The NPP has scheduled the leadership succession election for November 4, 2023, as they seek to identify a successor to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
In a recent interview with Bola Ray on Starr FM’s Starr Chat, Kennedy Agyapong, an aspiring flagbearer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), candidly revealed his feelings of bitterness towards certain Members of Parliament.
He specifically mentioned those he claims to have supported in the past but who, he alleges, have now distanced themselves from him as he competes for the NPP’s flagbearer position.