Special Aide to the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Davis Opoku says he strongly suspects the deputy General Secretary of the party, Nana Obiri Boahene of trying to orchestrate the removal of his Boss, Kwabena Agyepong.
According to him, Nana Obiri Boahen is behind the petition by some party youth calling for Mr Agyepong to be ousted from the party.
The four Chris Arthur, Former TESCON-KNUST President; Adreba Kwaku Abrefa Damoa, London; Kwabena Afum Dankwa, London; and Kwame Baffoe, NPP Regional Youth Organiser, Brong-Ahafo Region are calling for the suspension of the party’s Chief Scribe, alleging that Mr Agyepong is exhibiting gross misconduct, and engaging in deals tantamount to venality while in his elected position as General Secretary”.
The petition said his “still holding out Paul Afoko as the National Chairman contrary to the position of the National Executive Committee”. (“Kwabena Agyepong has rubbished, and keeps rubbishing the suspension of Afoko from his chairmanship. This in our view is an act of mischievous contempt for the authority of the Party as a whole, including its elders, its leadership, and its structures.”)
Agyepong’s “taking unilateral decision as a General Secretary with particular mention of a waiver he gave to some party parliamentary aspirants and the launch of a party card”.
Agyepong’s utterances and statements in the media are “always inimical, and counterproductive to the efforts made by the flag bearer, while he contributes little or nothing towards building a strong Party, knowing very well that general and Presidential elections are less than a year away.”
But speaking on Okay FM, Davis Opoku said he was not surprised at the attempts by the petitioners to see Mr Agyepong exit his position as they have never liked him.
“I know these people very well, the former TESCON President and Kwame Baffoe who is the younger brother of Nana Obiri Boahen have never liked Mr Kwabena Agyepong, in any case Mr Agyepong remains unfazed by this petition. Once the matter is heard by whichever committee of the party, Mr Agypong will avail himself and defend himself.”
Attempts to reach Nana Obiri Boahen to respond to the allegation against him proved futile.
In another development, Davis Opoku says per the accusations leveled against him for orchestrating the protest by party supporters at the New Patriotic Party (NPP) headquarters, he weighs himself as one that can help the party win one touch victory in the 2016 elections.
He says if he’s to be blamed for mobilizing such significant numbers onto the streets to protest at the party headquarters then he can as well mobilize more people towards the NPP campaign.
Over two hundred protestors stormed the NPP headquarters to demand the reinstatement of the suspended chairman, Paul Afoko.
They’ve also complained of the undue interference in the work of the General secretary by the party, and want him to be allowed the free hand to operate.
Opoku Ansah, widely known as OPK, has been fingered in yesterday’s demonstration, but has denied the claims that he mobilized Afoko boys to besiege the party’s head quarters Thursday.
However, speaking in an interview with Accra-based Citi FM, he says he sees nothing wrong with party supporters bringing their views to the desk of the party, for consideration.
“These are constituency officers of our party, front line soldiers…these are people who have come from across the country to express themselves and to petition the party and make their grievances known to the party leadership. And I think we need to give them that kind of respect. It’s insulting to say that I went to mobilize them. These are people who have served the party for close to 25 years.”
By: Kasapafmonline.com/Ghana
