The Founding Fathers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region have denied media reports saying that they have endorsed the candidature of Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto in the party’s flagbearership race.
The group described the publication as false.
According to the founding fathers, the reports are untrue and should be disregarded with the contempt that they deserve by the party faithful.
In a press statement issued on Wednesday, August 9, they urged the persons behind the circulation of the reports to desist from such actions.
“There is a news item both in print and electronic media on 07/08/23 purported to have come from Dr Afryie Akoto, a former Minister of Agriculture and an NPP Presidential Candidate hopeful to the effect that the NPP founding members of Ashanti Region have pledged their support for him.
“We the founding members of NPP in the Ashanti Region wish to educate the public and the aspirant that we constitute the ‘custodian fathers’ of the party in the region and does not or cannot openly declare our support for one particular candidate,” excerpts from their statement said.
They, therefore, asked Dr Afriyie Akoto to retract the “unfortunate” statement immediately.
“We, therefore, find the news items unfortunate and we refute it as it is untrue and call on Dr Akoto to retract it with the urgency it deserves.”
By Vincent Kubi