The campaign team of Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has rejected claims that they attempted to get Kennedy Agyepong, a flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), to accept to be Dr Bawumia’s running mate for the 2024 polls.
Mr. Agyepong told supporters of the NPP at the Jubilee Park in Kumasi that the Vice president’s campaign team attempted to bribe him to accept the offer and step down, but he refused.
The Vice-President’s campaign team in a swift response said at no point was Mr. Agyepong approached “for a running mate offer, nor have we assigned any member of the team to approach him for the same.”
The campaign team in a statement signed by the Vice-President’s spokesperson, Dr Gideon Boako, also denied allegations that Dr. Bawumia is collapsing the NPP through intimidation.
“The unity of our party has been of great concern to candidate Dr. Bawumia. It is in light of such concern that he refrains from responding to unwarranted attacks by others in the contest and has cautioned his supporters against responding to such provocative attacks.
“His strategy has been to persuade delegates to support his bid. This he does, by laying his vision for the party and country.
“As we have always maintained, the contest for flagbearer in the NPP is an internal one, and all actors, particularly the aspirants must be guided by the core values of the NPP, which include but are not limited to truth, decorum, and respect for one another,”.
