Interior Minister-designate, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, has promised never to reveal the identity of the NPP MP who voted with the NDC MPs to elect Bagbin as Speaker for the 8th Parliament.

The Asawase MP stated that the identity of the NPP MP would remain a secret for as long as he lives.

When asked about it by Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin during his vetting by the Appointments Committee on Friday, Muntaka firmly stated that no one, including the security agencies, would ever discover who the MP was that went against the Majority Caucus of the 8th Parliament.

When Afenyo-Markin challenged the lawmaker to say he has information about the MP, Muntaka replied: “You don’t know, it’s not true. You can only guess, you can’t say you know.”

“Everybody in this country has done everything humanly possible to know including the security agencies I believe, to know which of the NPP MPs supported us to elect Mr Speaker.

“I work with people and I have vowed that not even my wife will know this; I will die with it and I meant it,” he said on January 24, 2025.

Muntaka made this statement after Afenyo-Markin questioned him about his commitment to keeping certain security matters confidential if he is confirmed as the Interior Minister.

In the 8th Parliament, both the Majority and Minority caucuses had 136 MPs each, which made it challenging to elect a Speaker. However, during the voting, the NDC managed to secure 137 votes, allowing their candidate, Alban Bagbin, to become Speaker. This indicated that one NPP MP, who was part of the Majority at the time, voted with the NDC to elect Bagbin.

The identity of that NPP MP has remained a mystery, and Muntaka, who was the Chief Whip at the time, has vowed to keep it a secret for the rest of his life.