A potential presidential contender for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kennedy Agyapong, has openly stated his resentment toward some party members, particularly those he claims to have helped and supported in the past.
He claims that while there are a number of party members that he has helped, they are now backing Vice President Bawumia’s presidential campaign rather than his own.
For this reason he said “ I am very very bitter. Especially those who are not ministers that I have helped. My wife tells me to try and control the rage. I am very bitter.These MPs, the help that I have given them and some of them they come and their excuse is that if I support you… and it is true. One MP declared that he was going to support me and they threatened him that your market at Akim Oda they are not going to do it.”
“That is how bad the situation is, they have threatened a lot of MPs that if you don’t follow one person, they are going to bring another person to contest you, and all of them are afraid,” he stated.
Mr Agyapong additionally stated that “I wouldn’t have known my enemies if I had not contested.”
Additionally, he made explicit reference to MP Alfred Obeng-Boateng, who represents the Western North Region constituency of Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai.
Ken said he had personally helped Obeng-Boateng and had advocated for him in the past.
Obeng-Boateng has previously supported him, but he is currently aggressively opposing 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.”
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
