Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, a renegade Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central Constituency and member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has vowed to back Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in the 2024 presidential election.
Even though Mr Ohene Agyapong has entered the party's presidential primary contest, he has made it clear that, should the Vice President win the impending internal election, he would back Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
Speaking to the NPP constituency and regional executives in Bolgatanga, he cautioned against tribalistic campaigns, noting that if they are not curbed in, they have the propensity to derail the party.
"If you want to play tribal, I’ll also play tribal and what will happen? We will go into opposition but there is no need to go into opposition. We don’t want to go into opposition. If we go into this election and Dr Bawumia wins, I’m going to support him," he said to a cheering audience.
Kennedy Agyapong made a plea to the party leaders to grant him the chance to lead the NPP into the 2024 elections because he vows to position the party in a way that may advance the goal of ending the eight-year cycle for political parties in Ghanaian electoral history.
"If I win the flagbearership, I’ll need your help before I can sail through and therefore I don’t need to antagonise you," he added.
He stressed "If NPP will break the 8, we need unity in the party. It is very very important but it looks as if we don’t learn. We don’t learn in the sense that we have 160 Parliamentarians but because if you internal struggles we lost most of the seats".