Deputy communication director of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Afia Akoto, has revealed the dissolution of her marriage with Chief Hamilton Biney, the former deputy national organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).

The couple, members of opposing political parties, tied the knot in 2020 amid the political divide that characterizes Ghana's elections.

Addressing NPP supporters in the Okaikwei North Constituency, where she is vying to become the party's parliamentary candidate for the 2024 general elections, Afia Akoto shared that her opponents initially sought to use her marriage with Chief Biney against her.

However, with the marriage now ended, she highlighted that opponents are resorting to fabricating false claims, including spreading misinformation about her intentions to dismiss the current party executives in the constituency.

“When I came at first, they were saying that how can we trust a person married to an NDC man, they didn’t know that the marriage had ended. After hearing that the marriage had ended, they are trying to find something different against me.

“They are always looking for something new against me but have you ever heard me saying something against them?” he quizzed in Twi.

Akoto, a former deputy CEO of MASLOC, added, “If I have been able to live with an NDC person, why can’t I live with my family, the NPP?... after trying so hard to use my marriage against me, they realised it did not exist, and now they are saying all kinds of things against me: ‘Afia is insulting us, Afia would sack the executive’. Oo!”.

She encouraged the NPP delegates in the constituency to dismiss the negative narratives circulating about her and to cast their votes in her favor during the party's orphan constituency parliamentary primaries scheduled from December 2 to December 3, 2023.

Despite their differing political affiliations, the love between these two individuals led them to formalize their relationship, even though some individuals within their respective parties expressed disagreement with their union.

Their marriage garnered significant attention, sparking debates among the public. Some believed the couple might share confidential information about their respective political parties, while others held a contrary view.

In a vibrant traditional ceremony on February 12, 2020, Afia Akoto and her long-time boyfriend, Chief Hamilton Nixon Biney, who serves as the Deputy National Organiser for the NDC, officially tied the knot.