The campaign team of New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Kennedy Agyapong has called for disciplinary action against Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Wontumi, and Bono Regional Chairman Kwame Baffoe, also known as Abronye DC, over recent comments on the party’s upcoming presidential primaries.
The party had earlier issued a statement distancing itself from their remarks, stressing that they do not reflect its official position. Wontumi is reported to have claimed that the decision to hold the presidential primaries on January 31, 2026, was designed to favour a particular aspirant. Abronye is also said to have claimed that he compiles the Bono Regional album and would prevent certain individuals from voting.
However, Wontumi has clarified his comments made in his engagement with the grassroots indicating that that his comments merely reflected feedback from party supporters on how the NPP could strategise for a comeback.
Speaking on Channel One Newsroom on Sunday, September 28, Kwasi Kwarteng, spokesperson for Kennedy Agyapong’s campaign team, condemned the remarks by Wontumi and Abronye, describing them as “reckless”, “divisive” and in violation of the NPP’s constitution.
“We’re calling for a disciplinary process… if you are found culpable, the organ of the party that is clothed with the power to administer disciplinary procedures will proffer the proper sanctions or punishment to you. We’re saying that until the party takes decisive action, that action is going to weaken the party and dent the image of the party out there,” he said.
He insisted that merely distancing the party from the comments was not enough.
“Any right-thinking member of our party and extension any right-thinking Ghanaian will find these comments unfortunate, it is divisive and designed to break the party. It was unfortunate for those comments to have been made. It’s in clear violation of the party’s constitution. It undermines the credible electoral process we’re all taking as a party. It abhors principles of unity. It’s so bad, it’s so condemnable; they were reckless. The party distancing itself alone is not enough. They should be seen publicly to have condemned those reckless, unfortunate statements that were made by these two individuals.
They should summon them to face disciplinary action. It is a clear act of violation of the party’s constitution and misconduct. It is our view that distancing alone does not cure the mischief,” he added.
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