Dr S K Nuamah, a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has made explosive allegations detailing how he was forced out of his seat in what he describes as a politically orchestrated scheme spearheaded by party leadership in the Ashanti Region.
Dr Nuamah accused the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, of masterminding his removal.
According to the former MP, Chairman Wontumi explicitly told him he was under instructions to ensure he [Nuamah] was removed as parliamentary candidate.
“Our chairman Wontumi told me, right in front of me, that they said he should unseat me, so he will make sure he does,” Dr Nuamah stated in an interview on Oyerepa TV on June 3, 2025.
He recounted how he was instructed to apologise to then Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, without being told the reason for the apology.
“He was like I should go and apologise to Afriyie Akoto, and I didn’t even know my offence,” Nuamah said, suggesting that his refusal to comply may have contributed to his political downfall.
Dr Nuamah further alleged irregularities in the electoral process leading up to the NPP’s parliamentary primary in Kwadaso.
He said the delegates album used to elect constituency executives was changed just before the parliamentary primary a move he opposed but could not stop.
“They used the album for the constituency executives’ election but said they would change it for the parliamentary election. I did all I could, but they said no and changed it,” he explained.
The former MP revealed that he pursued the matter in court but claimed the sitting judge was intimidated and coerced into ruling against him.
“They called the judge to warn him, so he was under coercion to deliver the verdict without looking at the issue at hand,” Dr Nuamah alleged.
He admitted the party had made serious internal mistakes, stating, “That was how badly, people abused power during our tenure. You see, we are NPP and will die as NPP but let us talk about our sins.”
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