Mr Richard Kwadwo Adu, a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono Region, has praised former Assin Central Member of Parliament, Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, for his sense of “loyalty and undefiled love for our great party”.
He said Mr Agyapong’s decision to volunteer and stand as one of the sureties for Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Ekumfi, the former Board Chairman of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) was an example of “a true patriot of the NPP)”.
Prof. Ameyaw-Ekumfi is facing four charges in connection with the controversial Sky Train project, which involved the payment of $2 million for a proposed urban rail system that was never realised.
He has pleaded not guilty to all charges, including willfully causing financial loss to the state and the intentional dissipation of public funds, and the high court in Accra had since granted him a of GH¢10 million bail with two sureties to be justified.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Wenchi, a political stronghold of the NPP, Mr Adu, also aspiring for the Wenchi Constituency Chairman of the NPP said: “the NPP requires that undefiled and biblical kind of love demonstrated by Mr Agyapong to turn the fortunes of our party round, and regain political power in the 2028 General Election”.
Describing Mr Agyapong decision to serve as a surety for the suspect as exceptional in the political history of the NPP, he said “Mr Agyapong has really proven to us that he remains a true patriot and an unselfish politicians who has the supreme interest of the NPP at heart”.
He urged the NPP leadership, members and supporters “stand behind Prof. Ameyaw-Ekumfi in his trying moments”, saying “Prof. Ameyaw-Ekumfi is one of founder members in the then Brong-Ahafo Region and we need to show that we still cherish and care for him”.
As an oldest surviving political tradition dated as far back as 1947, before Ghana attained independence, Mr Adu recollected that the Danquah-Dombo-Busia tradition had survived “political turmoil”, basically due to the love and loyalty by some of the party followers.
—GNA
