Kennedy Agyapong, flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party
The Member of Parliament for Hohoe, Thomas Worlanyo Tsekpo, has stated that New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant Kennedy Agyapong is bitter after the outcome of the primaries.
According to him, the former Member of Parliament for Assin Central contributed to his own defeat in the NPP election.
He explained that Kennedy failed to challenge what he described as a flawed process.
Speaking in an interview on Channel on TV on February 1, 2026, Tsekpo noted that decisions taken by the NPP ahead of the January 31 presidential primary compromised the integrity of the contest, but Agyapong did not oppose them at the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) level.
“We have seen in his body language that the man is bitter. Kennedy Agyapong is bitter,” he alleged.
He argued that the party’s top-down approach to the primary favoured Dr Bawumia and disadvantaged the other contenders.
“The NPP’s primary was rigged from day one. You don’t rig an election at the polling station; the rigging happens in the process that leads to the election itself,” he said.
“Instead of lobbying NEC to adopt a bottom-up approach, he agreed to the top-down approach. The very day he agreed, I told myself he would never win, and that is why he is bitter,” Tsekpo stated.
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“He allowed the process to go through, and he is now facing the music,” he added.
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia emerged victorious in the NPP presidential primaries, securing 110,645 votes (56.48
Kennedy Agyapong followed with 46,554 votes (23.76%), while Dr Bryan Acheampong obtained 36,303 votes (18.53%).
Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum received 1,999 votes (1.02%), and Kwabena Agyapong managed 402 votes (0.21%).
In total, over 211,000 delegates cast their ballots across more than 300 polling centres nationwide in what was described as a keenly contested race to determine the party’s flagbearer for the 2028 general elections.
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