Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyepong, a leading member of the NPP, has with immediate effect, withdrawn from the ongoing national thank you tour of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). His decision follows a confrontation between some youth members of the NPP at Bantama in Kumasi, which resulted in the stabbing of a Level 300 students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), believed to be a supporter of Mr Agyepong.
The incident was said to have occurred after the members of the Thank You tour, led by Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the presidential candidate of the NPP in Ghana’s general elections in 2024, met some constituency members and youth groups at the premises of the Bantama Pentecost Church.
The confrontation, according to eyewitnesses, stemmed from the sharing of money given to the participants for their transportation.
While sharing the money, a macho man attempted to snatch the money away and in the ensuing struggling, he fired several warning shots and one of the members was stabbed.
The victim was rushed to the Suntreso Government Hospital but was later referred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, for further treatment.
Mr Agyepong visited the victim at the KATH and later went to the Sofoline Police Station to file an official complaint. Mr Agyepong later at a press conference in Kumasi, said he was withdrawing from the ongoing tour because of the violent attack on one of his supporters. Meanwhile, Dr Bawumia and other members of the team is continuing the tour in some constituencies in the Ashanti region.
On Tuesday April 29, 2025, the team met delegates from the Atwima Mponua, Nwabiagya, Kwanwoma and others in the Atwima enclave at Abuakwa, to thank them for their support during the 2024 general elections. The team will today, Wednesday April 30, tour some constituencies in the Adansi enclave to thank the people for their support.
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Source: GNA
