[ 2015-05-28 ]

Minority MPs clash over Afoko, Agyepong ‘interdiction’ statement
Some minority MPs have distanced themselves from
the statement signed by their leadership asking
the beleaguered chairman and general secretary of
the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Paul Afoko and
Kwabena Agyepong respectively, to step aside.

A statement signed by the minority leader Osei
Kyei Mensa-Bonsu on Wednesday said the caucus
after a careful consideration of the happenings in
the party has come to the conclusion that the two
executives must leave their posts.

“That in the circumstances, the two national
officers be requested, in the interest of peace,
unity, trust and stability in the party, to step
aside to allow for an impartial investigation into
these matters especially the gruesome murder of Mr
Adam Mahama, the Upper East Regional Chairman of
the New Patriotic Party (NPP),” the MPs said in
a resolution to the Council of Elders of the
party.

But speaking to Starr News’ Parliamentary
correspondent Kobby Mensah Gomez, leader of the
dissenting minority caucus Kwame Asafu-Adjei said
the statement was “cooked up” by their
leadership without their consent.

The Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition is in a state of
confusion as seven regional branches have called
for the resignation of its national chairman Afoko
and general secretary Agyepong.

The two executives are being accused of
masterminding the killing of the party’s Upper
East regional chairman Adams Mahama and causing
division in the party.

Source - Starrfmonline

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