Ken Agyepong Has Not Left the NPP, His Team Insists

Reports that Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has resigned from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) are false, according to his spokesperson and independent fact-checkers. The rumour spread widely on social media, but the people closest to the former MP say he remains a member of the party.

The claim circulated on Friday, 16 October 2026, with social media posts suggesting that Agyapong had submitted a resignation letter to the party’s National Chairman, John Boadu. His spokesperson, Kwasi Kwarteng, moved quickly to shut the reports down.

In a Facebook post on 16 October, Kwarteng wrote: “Hon. Ken Ohene Agyapong is currently in China conducting business. He’s not submitted any letter of resignation from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to anyone. Please disregard any such report.”

Fact-checking organisation Dubawa also examined the claim and found it false, noting that Kwarteng had directly denied it and that no resignation letter had been produced.

This is not the first time such rumours have spread. Agyapong contested the NPP’s presidential primary on 31 January 2026 and placed second with 46,554 votes, representing 23.76 per cent of valid votes cast. Former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia won the contest with 110,643 votes, representing 56.48 per cent. After the defeat, Agyapong told his supporters to remain calm and not see the loss as the end of their political journey, and pledged to stay in the party and support its rebuilding after the NPP lost the 2024 general elections to the NDC.

Since then, rumours of an exit have surfaced repeatedly — in February 2026, when his absence from a party thanksgiving service was read as a signal of departure, and again in March 2026, when similar viral reports were investigated and found false. There were also rumours linking him to a new political movement called The Base Movement, launched in April 2026 to promote youth participation in politics. That claim has also been denied several times, including by NPP Communications Director Richard Ahiagbah and former NPP National Chairman Paul Afoko, who said Agyapong personally told him the rumours were false.

So why do the rumours keep coming? Political analysts say it is because Agyapong remains one of the most popular and outspoken figures in the NPP, with a huge grassroots following, especially among the youth. His strong public comments criticising aspects of the NPP’s record in government, and reported petitions by some MPs and executives to the party’s disciplinary committee, have kept speculation alive.

For supporters, the message from his team has been consistent: he is still NPP, he is in China on business, and no resignation letter exists. Until Agyapong himself says otherwise, the resignation story remains a rumour — not a fact. For the party, the episode is a warning about how fast an unverified claim can travel, and how much work it takes to correct it. Every hour spent denying a resignation is an hour not spent on rebuilding.

What to watch next: any direct statement from Agyapong himself, and whether the party moves to close the speculation with a public show of unity.

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