Former Member of Parliament withdraws from NPP “Thank You” tour

Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, a former Member of Parliament for Assin Central and flagbearer hopeful on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has withdrawn from the party’s “Thank You” tour with immediate effect.

Mr Agyapong announced the decision when the tour arrived in Kumasi. This, he said was because of some disagreements and disturbances during the ongoing tour.

There was a violent incident in the Ashanti Region, where a first-year student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology was reportedly stabbed at a gathering of the party members.

The student underwent surgery at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi and is currently receiving treatment.

Sources at the scene told Graphic Online the injured student was among a group openly showing support for Mr Agyapong, who placed second in the NPP’s 2023 flagbearer race.

Mr Agyapong had donated some money to be shared among the party members as transport fare. The violence incident is said to have occurred during the sharing of the money.

Mr Agyapong, who is also the immediate past Member of Parliament for Assin Central, is said to have reported the incident to the police at South Suntreso.

He gave a briefing to the media and said he accepted to be part of the tour because Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the 2024 NPP presidential candidate extended the invitation to him.

But he was withdrawing because of the violent incident.

The ‘Thank You’ tour, aimed at rallying the party’s support base after its defeat in the 2024 general elections, has seen tensions flare, culminating in Tuesday’s stabbing incident.