Kennedy Agyapong will quit NPP before 2028 elections

Kennedy Agyapong [L] and Solomon Owusu

A leading member of the Movement for Change, Solomon Owusu, has predicted that Kennedy Agyapong, a former flagbearer aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), will withdraw from the party’s flagbearer race ahead of the 2028 election and ultimately quit the NPP.

Kennedy Agyapong, a former presidential aspirant, pulled out of the party’s ongoing Thank You Tour after one of his supporters, a student from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), was stabbed during an event in Bantama, Kumasi, on April 29, 2025.

The victim was stabbed following a scuffle between students and some alleged thugs during the event. The altercation reportedly stemmed from a dispute over money that had been given to students who had gathered and were singing the praises of Kennedy Agyapong.

The injured student was subsequently transferred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for further treatment.

Clearly unhappy with the turn of events, Kennedy Agyapong announced his withdrawal from the tour.

Commenting on the matter in an interview on Onua TV, Solomon Owusu, a former staunch member of the NPP, stated that if Kennedy Agyapong’s latest action is anything to go by, he will withdraw from the next flagbearer race and eventually announce his resignation from the party.

“Just as he has withdrawn from the Thank You Tour, he will do the same during the NPP flagbearer primary and will ultimately resign from the party. That is what will happen. I am telling you, he will withdraw from the race and quit the party when the flagbearer contest is held.

I say so because if someone stabbed your supporter and you withdrew from the party’s Thank You Tour, what will happen during the primary? When that election is held, someone could be shot or killed. What were his reasons for withdrawing from the tour? He said he cannot continue to be part of it when blood has been spilled. So during the next primary, if someone is shot and blood is spilled, will Kennedy Agyapong remain in the race and stay in the party? He will surely quit.”

He also recalled what Kennedy Agyapong’s supporters said when Alan Kyerematen withdrew from the race and subsequently quit the party.

“When a similar incident occurred during the NPP flagbearer race, where Alan Kyerematen’s supporter was physically assaulted and injured, Alan withdrew from the race. At that time, Kennedy Agyapong’s supporters said Alan was too proud and had withdrawn over a not-so-serious issue. When wrong is done to your colleague, don’t rejoice over it—you may be the next to suffer the same.”

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