Barely five months after the New Patriotic Party (NPP) lost the 2024 elections, a fierce blame game has taken centre stage, with party leaders pointing fingers at each other over the cause of the defeat.
While several party members and supporters have blamed former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the loss, others have turned on each other, engaging in heated arguments and accusations over behaviours that might have contributed to the party’s downfall.
Key figures within the party have publicly exchanged accusations, each suggesting that certain actions or inactions led to the NPP’s electoral defeat.
Here are some prominent NPP leaders engaged in this post-election blame game.
1. Adomako Baafi vs Miracles Aboakye
The Director of Communications for the Bawumia Campaign Team, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has been in banter with the former Communications Director of the NPP, Yaw Adomako Baafi, over accusations of Miracles hoarding party funds meant for certain individuals, particularly the media.
According to Miracles Aboagye, Adomako Baafi’s claims stem from personal resentment, as he was never the Director of Finance and had no control over party funds.
In an interview on Asempa FM on March 10, 2025, Aboagye stated, “I was not the party’s Director of Finance, and I did not handle campaign funds. If campaign money was to be disbursed, it had to go through the Director of Finance.”
He further suggested that Baafi’s grievances were fueled by his dissatisfaction with his appointment as the Director of Communications.
“If someone dislikes you, no matter what you do, you can never impress them. Adomako Baafi was not happy with my appointment as Communications Director, so this reaction is expected,” he said.
Yaw Adomako Baafi lamented the neglect of party communicators in the lead-up to the general elections.
He said party communicators were sidelined, and their allowances were withheld.
Speaking in an interview on Okay FM on December 23, 2024, Adomako Baafi referenced Dr. Bawumia’s post-election statement that some media houses did not support the party, contributing to their defeat.
He argued that the blame should also be directed at some party leaders responsible for managing the media and the communication team.
Adomako Baafi alleged that while the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, was paying his media team as much as GH¢1,000, the NPP’s communication budget was mismanaged.
He specifically mentioned Miracles Aboagye, accusing him of failing to address the concerns of party communicators or provide their due allowances.
2.Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu vs John Boadu
Former Majority Leader of Parliament Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has criticised the former General Secretary of the opposition NPP, John Boadu, for contributing to the party’s internal conflicts, which he believes played a key role in its significant loss in the 2024 elections.
Speaking in an interview on Okay FM, Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu took issue with Boadu’s inconsistent stance on the legitimacy of a commission set up to investigate the party’s electoral defeat.
He noted that Boadu initially dismissed the need for an investigation, only to later contradict himself by admitting that such a probe was necessary.
“At first, he said the investigation was unnecessary, but later, he turned around and said it was essential. How do you take such a person seriously when he keeps contradicting himself?” he questioned.
Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu also recalled Boadu’s remarks regarding the investigation’s findings, particularly his concern that the former President might mishandle the report and allow it to end up in the wrong hands.
“He said the former President might mishandle the document and that it could even end up in the wrong hands within his own household. What kind of statement is that?” he asked.
According to him, Boadu’s repeated blunders are a testament to his unsuitability for his position in the party.
“He has made numerous statements that clearly show he lacks the competence for his role,” he emphasised.
3.Adomko Baafi vs Eugene Arhin
Yaw Adomako Baafi blamed the appointment of Eugene Arhin, former communications director at the Jubilee House, as a major reason for the party’s weakening relationship with the media ahead of the 2024 general elections.
According to Adomako Baafi, the party’s downfall can also be attributed to Eugene Arhin, whom he claims mismanaged communication during the presidency of former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
In an interview on Movement TV, he cautioned the party to learn from its mistakes and take corrective measures in future endeavours.
“One of the biggest problems the NPP faced was the appointment of Eugene Arhin as the government spokesperson at the Jubilee House. I am telling you.
“Nana could travel, and nobody would have any idea. The party lost touch with the media because of him. For certain reasons, I don’t like Felix Kwakye, but he is better than Eugene Arhin.
“And after our loss, I haven’t heard of him coming to defend us again. We had capable people who could have done the job, but just look at what happened,” he said.
4. Abronye vs Henry Quartey
The Bono Regional Chairman of the NPP, Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, has alleged that former Minister of Interior, Henry Quartey, played a key role in the party’s defeat in the 2024 elections.
In an interview on Wontumi TV on March 14, 2025, Abronye DC stated, “NPP people shouldn’t blame Dampare for the party’s loss in the 2024 elections. Instead, they should direct their anger at Henry Quartey, the former Interior minister.
“He was the one who woke Akufo-Addo from his sleep and told him that Dampare was an NDC man. Therefore, he advised that Yohuno Tetteh, an NPP man, should be appointed Deputy IGP and placed in charge of operations to assist in the elections.”
He also said that he warned Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia that Henry Quartey’s decisions would lead the party into opposition.
“In one of our discussions, I told them, Akufo-Addo and Bawumia were present, that because of the problems Henry Quartey had created within the Ghana Police Service, he was leading us into opposition. Almost all the allegations against Dampare at the Jubilee House were orchestrated by Henry Quartey,” Abronye DC stated.
5. Appiah Kubi vs Ken Ofori-Atta
A prominent member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Andy Kwame Appiah-Kubi, has partly blamed former finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta for the party’s significant loss in the December 7 elections.
Speaking on The Key Points on TV3 on Saturday, December 14, 2024, Appiah-Kubi, the former Member of Parliament for Asante Akim North, said the former finance minister became too powerful, making it difficult for NPP MPs to seek assistance from him.
“Ken Ofori-Atta grew too pompous. He was more powerful than the President and Vice President, and that was why we wanted him out,” Mr. Appiah-Kubi said.
6. Eugene Boakye vs Akufo-Addo
The Member of Parliament for Subin, Eugene Boakye Antwi, has asserted that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his family members bear significant responsibility for the New Patriotic Party‘s (NPP) electoral defeat.
Speaking during an interview on Good Morning Ghana on December 11, 2024, Boakye Antwi cited arrogance and internal discord as key factors contributing to the party’s poor performance.
He expressed concern over how some Members of Parliament and party leaders conducted themselves during their tenure, noting that their perceived arrogance alienated supporters and created a disconnect with the grassroots.
“The NPP’s defeat cannot be discussed without mentioning Akufo-Addo,” Mr. Boakye Antwi remarked. He accused the President and certain members of his family of mistreating loyal party members, which he believes deepened divisions within the party and eroded its support base.
“Akufo-Addo has been the leader of our party since December 2000. I was once his polling agent. How can we avoid holding him accountable for what has happened?
7. Stephen Amoah vs Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
Stephen Amoah, popularly known as Sticka, the Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso in the Ashanti Region, has warned the party to reveal the real truth behind its loss in the 2024 elections in the region, or he will expose it himself.
According to Sticka, the party’s executive caucus led by Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, in their recent report on the election loss, has filed a report to tarnish his image and that of his constituency, and he demands an apology.
He asserted that the said report had accused him of having an alternative campaign team for the election despite the one inaugurated by the party, an allegation he denied.
Speaking in an interview on Hello FM on March 3, 2025, he added that he was accused of not doing posters and billboards, which he also denied.
Sticka said he cannot fathom why a report about an election loss would not capture certain MPs or categories of people, but others are rather affected.
He then cautioned that should the party fail to retract and apologise, he would spill it all.
“How can they file a report about how we lost an election in the region, and some people’s names won’t be featured? Is that what they want to do here? In this region, I don’t fear anybody, but I respect everybody.
“Ask them if they have asked me anything before, my constituency chairwoman, first vice, or second vice, or even secretary, youth organiser up to Nasara. Who told them that we had an alternative campaign?
“I have seen that in Nhyiaso, they have schemed to destroy me and my constituency. So, if they don’t come out and speak the truth and retract, I will also come out and tell the public about how we lost the election in the Ashanti region,” he said.
Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, on the other hand, has stated that he will never be part of any scheme to tarnish the image of Stephen Amoah.
Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen show, Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu stated,” “Some of those we spoke to from Sticka’s constituency did not speak well about him. In fact, some of their comments were so harsh that I had to ask that certain parts to be edited to use more appropriate language…
“When Sticka told me he had heard what was said about him in the report, I assured him that I would never preside over anything that would deliberately destroy him.”
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