In the aftermath of the recent Assin North by-election, certain individuals have taken to social media to mock Charles Opoku, the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) parliamentary candidate.

Netizens, particularly Twitter trolls, have humorously dubbed the Two Hundred Ghana Cedi (GH¢200) banknote as "Charles Opoku" in light of allegations of vote-buying by the NPP, despite their candidate's defeat.

Evangelist Richard Prah, a National Democratic Congress (NDC) communicator in the Ashanti Region, went on the radio to claim that the GH¢200 note has now become synonymous with Charles Opoku.

In a viral video, some voters from the area alleged that they were given 200 cedis in exchange for voting for the NPP candidate. They even composed songs in Twi, referring to the money as "Charles Opoku," with lyrics that loosely translate to "I received money from Charles Opoku."

Speaking on Ultimate FM in Kumasi, Prah said “Let me tell you something interesting about the Assin North elections, the NPP thought they could buy the elections, so they went with money but the people rejected them”

“In their minds, they thought they were buying the elections so they were going to buy it with money but this was rather a by-election as in By-Election, not a purchase as in going to buy something oo. They got it wrong. Now in Assin they call the 200 Cedis Charles Opoku because they gave money to sway the votes and it didn’t work. They were seen portraying the monies they got saying they were going to spend Charles Opoku's monies” he added.

Accusations of vote-buying have surfaced from both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) following the recently concluded elections.

According to reports, the ruling NPP allegedly provided some voters with 200 cedis, while the opposition NDC was said to be distributing 100 cedis per voter.

In the end, James Gyakye Quayson of the NDC emerged as the winner of the elections. He will once again represent the Assin North constituency, following the annulment of the 2020 elections by the Supreme Court due to allegations of dual citizenship held by him at the time of the elections.