16th August 2023 9:29:51 AM
2 mins readThe New Patriotic Party's (NPP) flagbearer candidate and member of parliament for the Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Agyapong, has opened up about his mother's death.
0
Speaking in a Face-to-Face interview with Umaru Sanda on Citi TV on August 15, 2023, he disclosed that his decision to plunge into the political arena had been met with mixed reactions within his family.
1
He explained that while his mother had been against the idea due to worries about the nature of insults frequently associated with the political scene, his father had supported his political ambitions.
2
“Well, you know, to tell you the truth, my father was in full support, but my mother couldn’t take it because of the insults and all those things,” he said.
3
According to the representative for Assin Central, his mother passed away soon after Alhaji Collins Dauda, the brother of the former minister of water resources, works, and housing, issued a threat against him.
4
Kennedy Agyapong recounted, “To break the news to you, my mother died because of threats against me, when honorable Collins Dauda’s brother threatened to kill me.
5
"I remember my mother died on the 13th of November, on the 10th I visited her and she was pleading with me to stop politics because they said they were going to kill me, she was like 'Kwame you will kill me, Kwame you will kill me,' that was Thursday, and then Friday I left for Kumasi.
6
"... and Sunday afternoon coming back to Accra, I got the bad news that my mother had died because she was saying my heart, my heart, you will kill me, you will kill me.”
7
Along with nine other candidates, Kennedy Agyapong is running for the position of NPP flagbearer. His main rivals are Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia and former Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen.
8
Prior to the primary election in November 2023 to choose a replacement for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as party leader, the NPP will reduce the 10 candidates who made it through the vetting stage to five in a preliminary vote (scheduled for August).
9
10
1 min read
2 mins read
3 mins read
2 mins read
1 min read
2 mins read
1 min read
3 mins read
1 min read