NDC will gladly accept Paul Afoko, Kwabena Agyepong - MP

Member of Parliament for Afram Plains North, Emmanuel Aboagye Didieye says the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) is ready to accept Paul Afoko and Kwabena Agyepong if the New Patriotic Party rejects them.

According to him, the NDC is willing to make use of the expertise of both NPP executives if the party no longer has use for them.

Speaking on Adom FM’s morning show, ‘Dwaso Nsem’, the MP said it was unfair for the NPP to blame both executives for the party’s woes and demand their resignation from a position they were voted for.

“If the NPP is sacking them or forcing them to resign they should join the NDC. They have an option, if the NPP is not treating them as they deserve the NDC is always ready to welcome them”, he said.

Paul Afoko and Kwabena Agyepong have come under intense pressure to resign from their posts following an acid attack on the Upper East Regional Chairman of the NPP that led to his untimely death.

Members of the party are demanding the resignation of the executives, insisting the party has not known peace since the two were elected in 2014 as Chairman and General Secretary respectively.

Kwabena Agyepong earlier this week publicly denied a resignation letter purportedly written by him saying "I have not resigned and I am just totally baffled with this kind of attitude."

He added that those asking for his resignation are perpetrating an “illegality” and that “it is shameful"." It should never have happened because that is not what our constitution prescribes us to do", Kwabena Agyepong has said.

"Clearly these are unseen hands; people who want to destroy our party; bring the name of our party into disrepute. All that they have tried to do this past two weeks; even to try and hang murder around my neck," he continued.

Paul Afoko on the other hand, is yet to comment on the issue.

Emmanuel Aboagye Didieye says rather than crucifying the Chairman and General Secretary, the NPP should give both executives room to operate until investigations prove them as being responsible for the murder of the late regional chairman.

He said he doubts if both executives will in any way obstruct investigations being conducted by the police because Adams Mahama’s murder is a criminal case and there is no way neither of them can influence any process concerning the probe.

In his view, both Paul Afoko and Kwabena Agyepong have a wealth of experience and expertise that will work to the NDC’s advantage if the NPP has no use for them.

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