The Bawumia campaign team has denied claims that overtures are being made for pugnacious MP Kennedy Agyapong to drop his presidential ambition to become a running mate to the vice president.
Speaking in the Ashanti Region on Saturday (30 September), the MP for Assin Central, who is a major contender in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer race alleged that he has been approached by certain elements of the party to become Bawumia’s running mate.
However, a statement issued by Gideon Boako, the spokesperson for the Bawumia campaign team, said his camp has never nurtured such thought.
“We wish to state in unequivocal terms that the Bawumia campaign team has not approached Kennedy Agyapong for such a running mate offer, nor have we assigned any member of the team to approach him for same,” Boako wrote on Facebook on September 30.
Allegation of collapsing party
Touching on claims by the vociferous lawmaker that the former deputy governor of the central bank is collapsing the party by intimidating supporters from speaking out, Boako said such assertions are untrue because the unity of the NPP is Bawumia’s top priority.
“It is also not true as alleged by Kennedy Agyapong that Dr Bawumia is collapsing the party 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,” the statement concluded.
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