KT Hammond says he has not retired from politics yet
The former Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa in the Ashanti Region, Kobina Tahiru Hammond, has signalled a potential comeback in the 2028 elections, where he may contest the seat he lost to the National Democratic Congress in 2024.
Interacting with journalists after the Obuasi High Court dismissed his petition against Godwin Dorani, the current MP, Hammond expressed his intention to return to politics.
“I am not completely in retirement. I had to return to my law books to sharpen a few things. But I am not in retirement, if that is what you think. In any event, as I said, watch this space,” he posited.
Hammond believes the NDC’s victory in the 2024 parliamentary election was not due to their merits but rather circumstances.
He pointed to alleged irregularities during the election, including ballot boxes found at unauthorised locations, as some of the machinations that helped his opponent to defeat him at the polls in December last year.
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“Those boxes, what were they doing at Lomito Clinic? Is that where we voted? You heard it in the script when he was telling me that I was complaining about some of my pink sheets. Just have a look at them.” He alleged.
“They had tippers, inks, and other things on them; it was crazy. There was a lot of mess attributed to this Adansi Asokwa election, and it was beyond description. I felt I had to contain myself,” he alleged further.
Hammond took solace in a claim that some supporters of his New Patriotic Party abstained from voting during the last general elections held on December 7, 2024, a scenario he maintained contributed significantly to the NDC’s win.
With his sights set on a possible return to parliament, Hammond will become one of the longest-serving members of parliament if he is able to make a return in the near future.
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