Spokesperson for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s campaign in the 2024 general elections, Dennis Miracles Aboagye,has denied claims that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) had prior knowledge of their defeat, specifically as early as February 2024.

This statement came in response to comments made by Nana Akomea, a member of Bawumia’s campaign team, who had earlier mentioned that the NPP was aware of the likely outcome of the elections from research conducted in February.

Akomea revealed that the NPP’s research showed that John Dramani Mahama, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, had a ten-point lead at that time. He also mentioned that although the gap had narrowed by October 2024, the final results aligned closely with the initial projections.

Akomea added that while the NPP expected Mahama’s victory, the scale of the margin was a surprise and warranted further examination.

Aboagye’s response, however, refutes the idea that the NPP had accepted defeat before the elections took place.

“In February and March, they [NDC] were leading with about 10 percentage points, which was quite alarming. But by September and October, it had come down to about 2 points. So we were very confident. There was new momentum, and we knew there was a lot of apathy and disgruntlement among our supporters.

Anything else would just be a projection. So the monthly polls showed us clearly [Mahama's victory], and for a massive 2 million people to stay away, it's really significant, and we have to find out why,” Akomea said.

However, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, speaking on Joy FM's News File show, monitored by Ghanaweb, described Nana Akomea's claims as inaccurate.

“Maybe he [Nana Akomea] does, but that is not accurate. That is not accurate. I mean, in February, we had just had our candidate for two months. That can’t be correct. Unless maybe Nana Akomea was referring to the polls. You know, as of 2022, it was a drastic loss.

"In fact, before Dr. Bawumia was elected, people were even wondering what kind of messaging we were going to put out and tell the people. So maybe that is what Nana Akomea was referring to.

But February was two months after Dr. Bawumia’s election—you couldn’t have even done a proper poll on him anyway, so that cannot be correct.”

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, emerged as the winner of the December 7, 2024, presidential election, garnering 6,328,397 votes (representing 56.55%), while the New Patriotic Party flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, finished second with 4,657,304 votes (representing 41.61%).