Supporters of former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia have hit back hard at Kennedy Agyapong, accusing him of peddling falsehoods and insulting the very people he hopes to lead.
In a fiery response to Agyapong’s weekend speech in Mampong, the Bawumia camp said the former presidential aspirant’s remarks were riddled with contradictions, disrespect, and dangerous rhetoric.
“Ken Agyapong has described NPP members as fools. He’s questioned why poor people in the party should speak. And now, he wants to be leader of the same people he insults? How does that make sense?” the group fired.
Agyapong, in his Mampong address, suggested that the NPP’s 2024 electoral loss was due to the choice of a Muslim, Bawumia, as flagbearer. But the Bawumia group dismissed the claim as not only bigoted but factually groundless.
“Was it because of religion that over 50 Christian NPP parliamentary candidates—some of them pastors—also lost their seats? Was it religion that led to Kufuor’s loss in 1996, or Akufo-Addo’s defeats in 2008 and 2012? The claim is absurd.”
They also pointed out that Bawumia convincingly won both the Super Delegates Conference and the main NPP primary, defeating multiple Christian contenders including Agyapong himself.
“If the party didn’t want a Muslim leader, how did Bawumia beat nine Christian aspirants in the first round, and five in the final primary? Or are NPP delegates suddenly all Muslims?”
The Bawumia camp dismissed Agyapong’s version of history as misleading, rejecting his claim that Kufuor earned a second shot at the flagbearership because of a limited campaign window in 1996.
“This is false. Kufuor was elected flagbearer in April 1996, giving him eight months to campaign. If short campaigns earned second chances, then Adu Boahen—who had just two months to campaign in 1992—would have been re-elected.”
The Bawumia camp also accused Agyapong of contradicting himself, arguing “First, he says we lost because Bawumia is Muslim. Then he says we lost because Akufo-Addo didn’t appoint enough party faithful. Which is it? Ken must decide what story he wants to tell.”
They questioned Agyapong’s call for party unity insisting unity cannot be built on lies and insults.
“You can’t call people fools, silence the poor, and then turn around to preach unity. If this is who Ken Agyapong really is, then Mampong exposed more than just a speech—it revealed a troubling mindset.”
