A group of academics and professionals from the University of Ghana, calling itself Legon Lecturers and Professionals for Kennedy Agyapong, has petitioned the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to rein in Bono Regional Chairman, Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye.
The group’s petition follows a series of what they described as “distasteful” and “unwarranted” public attacks by Abronye on Kennedy Agyapong, the former Assin Central Member of Parliament, who has announced his intention to contest the party’s presidential primaries ahead of the 2028 general elections.
Addressing journalists, the group’s chairman, Professor Alhasaan Suleman Anamzoya, on Thursday, May 8, stressed that Abronye’s conduct threatens the unity and internal cohesion of the NPP.
“Over the past few days, we have been seeing and hearing Chairman Abronye going about ranting about our candidate, Kennedy Agyapong. We feel that the party has been quiet for too long. We have indicated in the petition that it is solely about Kennedy Agyapong, but we are fighting for peace and unity in the party.
We want to tell the national leadership that the silence and quietness are disturbing. They should, at least, call Abronye to order for the sake of the peace of the party,” he stated.
He continued: “Nobody is happy to attack anybody’s candidate. Market your candidate, and we all go and see how who will win. But if you start to attack our candidate and nobody is speaking about it, we think that it is not good for the party.”
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