The Bawumia Campaign Team has dismissed as false media reports that it approached Kennedy Agyapong, an aspirant in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential election, and offered him a position as Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s running mate.
The campaign team stated that it was deeply concerned by news reports in some media outlets that the Assin Central MP alleged that there was an attempt by members of the Bawumia Campaign Team to bribe him to step down.
“We wish to state in unequivocal terms that the Bawumia Campaign Team has not approached Kennedy Agyapong for such a running mate offer, nor have we assigned any member of the team to approach him for the same,” it said in a statement issued at the weekend.
The statement, signed by Dr. Gideon Boako, the Vice President’s Spokesperson, also indicated that it is not true, as Mr. Kennedy Agyapong allegedly said, that Dr. Bawumia is collapsing the party through intimidation.
“The unity of our party has been of great concern to candidate Dr. Bawumia,” the Campaign Team noted.
It stated that in view of such concerns, Dr. Bawumia, who is also running for party flagbearership, has refrained from responding to unwarranted attacks by others in the contest and has also warned his supporters not to reply to such inflammatory comments.
“His strategy has been to persuade delegates to support his bid. This he does, by laying his vision for the party and country,” the statement maintained.
It continued, “As we have always maintained, the contest for flagbearer in the NPP is an internal one, and all actors, particularly the aspirants must be guided by the core values of the NPP, which include but are not limited to truth, decorum, and respect for one another.”
By Ernest Kofi Adu