Former NPP presidential aspirant Kennedy Agyapong

George Oti Bonsu, a New Patriotic Party financier and a friend of former NPP presidential aspirant Kennedy Agyapong, has revealed how certain chairpersons of the party in the Ashanti region ditched Kennedy Agyapong after receiving support from him during the presidential primary in 2023.

According to him, he had to personally provide the Ejura Sekyedumase NPP chairman, Alhaji Abdul Rahman Hajj Austra, with a vehicle and also support him with cows during the election period which coincided with the Muslim festival.

However, he and the New Edubiase chairman, Prince Yaw Boadi, turned their backs on Kennedy after receiving support.

He asserted that he supported them with cash of GH¢3,000 cedis as well, and they pledged their support to Kennedy. But days before the election, the New Edubiase chairman told him that they had received GH¢20,000 from a different candidate, which made his support seem small, so they couldn't support Kennedy Agyapong.

In an interview on Neat 2 TV on January 16, 2025, he stated, "People used to call me Kennedy Agyapong's brother even though we are just friends, so Ghanaians were calling for Kennedy Agyapong for rescue. For me, as his friend, if I shouldn't support him, then what is my importance to him?

"So, I had to, at a point, become his fundraising chairman. I met the Ejura, Nsuta, and New Edubiase chairmen to discuss with them to vote for Kennedy Agyapong, and all of them said that they would vote for him. I shared all the money that I had on me with them."

He continued, "So, a day before the election, I went to Golden Tulip and realized the Ejura and New Edubiase chairmen were sitting at a particular place. I was like, what are you doing here? Not knowing they had already camped there for three days.

"And I went to them to ask them what their purpose was there because I had already spoken to them to support Ken."

George Oti Bonsu added, "The New Edubiase chairman looked at me and told me that Mr. Bonsu, your GH¢3,000 is too small, so forget it because they have given us GH¢20,000 each. You see, he is thinking about himself alone. You can call him to verify; I am here. Even before my money, Kennedy Agyapong had bought mathematical sets and other items for the BECE candidates for him in his constituency worth over GH¢60,000, and upon all that, this is what he said.

"For the Ejura chairman, I even bought him a car and cows during the Muslim festival."

AM/KA

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