Lawyer William Kusi, leading the communication team for Kennedy Agyapong’s NPP flagbearer bid in the Ashanti Region, has accused Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, a contender in the race, of engaging in vote-buying and proxy voter manipulation to sway the party’s internal election outcome.
In a press release, Kusi raised concerns about the integrity of the upcoming presidential primaries, stating, “It has come to the public notice that even though this is an internal election, there have been some practices in the party in which people are trying to use all means to win the super delegates election.”
He alleged that Dr. Bawumia’s camp has been wooing party chairmen with financial incentives. Kusi claimed that the vice president has encouraged these chairmen to register as proxy voters and has allegedly offered them GH¢ 50,000 each to secure their support for his candidacy.
“We call on the party to take immediate action and ensure that there is free and fair elections to avoid any misunderstanding and subsequent protestation after the conduct of the elections,” parts of the letter read.
However, Paul Kwabena Yandoh, administrator of the NPP Ashanti Regional Communicators Directorate and Administrative Manager at Dr. Bawumia’s office, refuted the allegations. Yandoh questioned the authenticity of the claims and argued that Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is performing his duties diligently and serving the party well.
“Why do you people accuse others from the opposing camp of sharing money? Sometimes, when you meet people, they claim that others are giving away two hundred thousand, plus cars. And now the lawyer is also saying that they are sharing GH¢ 50,000, which makes the ordinary Ghanaian worry that the NPP primaries are all about money. This is not true, do you understand?”
The NPP will hold preliminary and main votes to elect a successor to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the party’s leader.
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