Former Municipal Chief Executive of Adentan, Ebenezer Doku, has refuted claims that New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential hopeful, Kennedy Agyapong received an endorsement from the group of 220 former Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) who served under the NPP between 2017 and 2024.
Speaking in an interview with Channel One News after a closed-door meeting with former Vice President and now presidential hopeful, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Monday, June 23, Doku clarified that it was rather Ken Agyapong who convened an earlier meeting with the group.
He emphasised that while Agyapong was respectful and cordial during the interaction, no official endorsement was extended to him.
“We have regional representations, and so the numbers put together in all the other regions gave us the 220. Ken called us, but we did not go to him. He called us to meet and he gave us his message. Other speakers spoke at the said meeting. He was nice to us, and we all met. We wined, we dined after that, we left.
“There was no message as we did today. We did not tell him we would give him our support. Once we did not respond tells that we have a candidate we are looking at,” he said.
The group has now formally declared its support for Dr. Bawumia to lead the NPP into the 2028 general elections, signaling a significant boost for the former Vice President’s standing as party alignments begin to emerge following the 2024 polls.