Kennedy Agyapong: Ambition or Sabotage?

I have closely observed the campaign leading up to the NPP’s leadership race. The rivalry between Dr. Bawumia and Hon. Kennedy Agyapong has become tense, not primarily due to policy disagreements, but rather because of increasing hostility between their supporters.

It seems Kennedy Agyapong’s team might once again employ the same confrontational tactics that characterised his previous campaign, tactics more focused on personal attacks than on party unity. His rhetoric, particularly in the lead-up to the 2024 elections, raises serious questions. After reviewing numerous statements and videos, I have formed some reflections and hypotheses worth careful consideration. Let’s call them “what ifs”:

1. What if Kennedy Agyapong’s campaign is less about vision and more about vengeance, perhaps over lost contracts or missed opportunities that could have accelerated his personal wealth?

2. What if his aggressive posture is driven by self-interest, rather than patriotism, using grassroots support as a cover for personal ambition?

3. What if the groundswell of support portrayed by his team isn’t as deep or wide as they claim?

4. What if his calls for figures like Afoko to return are not about reconciliation, but about engineering a split within the party to serve his own ends?

5. What if his long game is not to lead the NPP, but to break away, using the party platform to gain visibility before going independent?

6. What if he is covertly aligned with the NDC, hoping to keep the NPP in opposition while securing personal gain through business arrangements?

7. What if his core strategy is to pit the grassroots against party leadership, not to unify the base but to fracture it so that he can emerge as the anti-establishment figure?

These aren’t accusations, they are questions based on observation. But the answers, or lack of them, should worry every discerning delegate and committed party member.

Kennedy Agyapong’s public behaviour does not reflect someone intent on uniting the NPP to win power. It reveals a desire to provoke, divide, and discredit. In the lead-up to 2024, his consistent attacks on fellow party members, including the party’s flagbearer, undermined our cohesion. That his camp sees no problem with this is not just troubling, it’s dangerous.

During times like this, the party cannot tolerate internal sabotage camouflaged as passion. Personal ambition must not overshadow the collective mission. Delegates must stay wise, vigilant, and above all, loyal to the broader vision.

These are unusual times, and they require exceptional discernment.

Isaac Ofori
Social Activist and Human Rights Advocate
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