Presidential hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kennedy Ohene, has described his utterances during the super delegates conference as only giving signal and delivering message to the party’s leadership.
The Assin Central Member of Parliament has become the talk of town after he was captured in a widely circulated video on Saturday, August 26, 2023, threatening President Akufo-Addo and his vice Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
The incident occurred at the NPP’s special delegates’ conference to select five of the ten candidates vying to become the party’s presidential candidate.
The outspoken lawmaker was heard speaking to an unknown person in a phone conversation where he threatened to deal with the two leaders over an alleged attack on his agent.
“I will give you a showdown in this country, I swear to God. Vice President, I will give you a showdown for chasing my agent away. I swear to God. You will hear what will happen here. I swear to God, I will challenge President Akufo-Addo big time,” Kennedy said as quoted.
He has since been summoned together with four other members of the party to the Disciplinary Committee for violating the party’s constitution.
The other members including Raphael Patrick Sarfo, Charles Dokyi Yaw-Addo, Musa Sulemana and Hopeson Yaovi Adorye have all been dragged to the disciplinary committee for their actions.
Many have since condemned the Assin Central MP and described his actions as a threat to the two dignitaries and the NPP at large.
However, spokesperson for the MP and presidential aspirants, Lawyer Amoh Darteh commenting on the development on Angel Morning Show, said the action of the former was never a threat as interpreted by the public.
According to him, the comment ‘I will give you a showdown’ in the contest in which it was used was expressing his readiness for the subsequent contest.
“If someone says I will give you a show showdown, that means, going forward in a subsequent competition he will give you a sheer competition. He will be more prepared; he will not allow this awkward incident that happened in the next exercise to reoccur. So, therefore, I will give you a showdown statement is to give one a good run for his money.
“Yes, it means I will come to the competition with all the arsenals that I have to ensure that my agents are fully protected, to ensure I do my campaign right, so that we will not leave any stone unturned, so it is the readiness and preparedness for the upcoming elections – so, that is the showdown,” Lawyer Amoh Dateh explained.
According to him, the actions and inactions of Mr. Agyapong are in a good direction because they will help change any illegal scheme planned against their camp in the November 4th election.
