{"id":56125,"date":"2023-10-06T08:09:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T08:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/you-should-rather-be-arrested-ken-agyapongs-team-fires-back-at-chairman-wontumi"},"modified":"2023-10-06T08:53:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T08:53:28","slug":"you-should-rather-be-arrested-ken-agyapongs-team-fires-back-at-chairman-wontumi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/you-should-rather-be-arrested-ken-agyapongs-team-fires-back-at-chairman-wontumi","title":{"rendered":"You should rather be arrested \u2013 Ken Agyapong\u2019s team fires back at Chairman Wontumi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>The Spokesperson for New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer aspirant Kennedy Agyapong has responded to the Ashanti Region Chairman of the party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, over his presser in Kumasi on Wednesday, October 4.<\/b><\/p>\n

Popularly called Chairman Wontumi, the Ashanti Region Chairman of the NPP warned Ken Agyapong to put a stop to his threats on him and other party members or else he will get him arrested.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he gets up he says, we are all stupid. I regret for being in NPP, you are fools. \u2018The way you speak, I will show you\u2019. It is a \u2018showdown\u2019 and all that, let it end today,\u201d Chairman Wontumi warned the lawmaker in an address to journalists.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf not and you threaten me again, I will get you arrested,\u201d he added. \u201cThis is advice I am giving you because that is what you did and Ahmed Suale and the likes are no more in this world, so I will plead with you that from today, don\u2019t let it be like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

But in a sharp response, Kennedy Agyapong\u2019s Spokesperson, William Kusi, says if someone deserves to be arrested it should be Chairman Wontumi.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the establishment of NPP, there has not been an instance when a party chairman has slapped an MP. It is Chairman Wontumi. He slapped our brother Collins [Owusu Amankwa] but he is walking the streets of Kumasi and has not been arrested. If he says he will arrest somebody, he should go ahead and let\u2019s see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Kusi was also incensed about the mention of deceased journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale by the regional chairman.<\/p>\n

He pointed to Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as the final authority when it comes to investigations into crimes because he heads the Police Council.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo if [Chairman Wontumi] wants the killers of Ahmed Suale, he should go the Vice President and ask him. He shouldn\u2019t ever say our candidate has talked about Ahmed Suale, so he killed him. It should be the last time he will make that statement.\u201d<\/p>\n

The exchange of words between these two party members is said to have been provoked by Chairman Wontumi\u2019s directive to constituency chairmen in the Region to have Alan Kyerematen\u2019s posters and paraphernalia removed from offices due to his resignation from the NPP.<\/p>\n

Mr Kyerematen had berated Chairman Wontumi for the directive, revealing that he brought him into mainstream NPP politics.<\/p>\n

But the regional chairman had clarified that it was not the former Minister of Trade and Industry who introduced him into NPP but the late Dr Amoako Tuffuor.<\/p>\n

The party is expected to elect its 2024 flagbearer on Saturday, November 4 and the exchanges is said to be subtle struggle between Ken Agyapong and Vice President Bawumia, whom Chairman Wontumi has openly declared support for.<\/p>\n

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