Azorka (L) in a photo collage with Afenyo Markin (R)
The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, is disappointed that the police deployed to provide security at Akwatia failed to arrest Chief Sofo Azorka, a National Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, says the police should have arrested Sofo Azorka for allegedly making comments he deemed as a dangerous threat to the life of the minority leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin.
Chief Azorka, who was seen roaming in the constituency on the day of the election on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, accused the minority leader of allegedly instigating a group of NPP supporters to remove posters of the NDC candidate at the NDC’s party office.
Giving details to the media, he Azorka stressed that “They said Afenyo-Markin came here. Wallahi, if he had come to meet me, there would be a by-election in his constituency. We were at a polling station, and we were told he was here.”
“If we had met him here, I swear to God there would have been a by-election in Afenyo-Markin’s constituency, we are ready for that. If you are not respecting the police, Wallahi, we will do a by-election in his constituency,” he stated.
Reacting to Sofo Azorka’s assertions, Nana Boakye reiterated that the words used by Azorka were not only unacceptable but also constituted an existential threat to the life of the minority and wondered why the “police did not arrest him?”
Though he commended the police for doing a good job by providing adequate security for the by-election, he was disappointed that the same police allowed Azorka to walk free despite the gravity of his comments.
In a later interview, Nana B stated, “So far, we can testify that security arrangements have been good, it’s been well arranged, it’s been okay.”
The election, which ended successfully, was won by the NDC as its candidate, Bernard Bediako Baidoo, garnered 18,199 votes to defeat his main contender, Solomon Kwame Asumadu of the NPP, who received 15,235 votes.
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