Kennedy Agyapong: NPP Flagbearer Aspirant Gracefully Accepts Defeat After Losing Presidential Race

• NPP president hopeful Kennedy Ohene Agyapong accepted defeat after the governing NPP presidential race concluded
• He gracefully bowed to the triumph of Dr Bawumia at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday, November 4
• The Assin Central Member of Parliament pledged to support the vice-president in defeating the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2024 nationwide poll

Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, one of the presidential hopefuls of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), gracefully accepted defeat after the declaration of the party's presidential election results.

In a fiercely contested presidential poll, the Assin Central Member of Parliament gave Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia a "showdown."

He polled 37.41 per cent to clinch the second position, bowing to the victory of Dr Bawumia, who garnered 61.47 per cent.

The lawmaker congratulated the party's election committee for organising a free and fair presidential primary.

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"This is the only thing I've been preaching, and I must admit this election is fair, and my grassroots have spoken; therefore, I accept the results in good faith," Agyapong said after the results were declared.

He pledged his support to the flagbearer-elect to help defeat the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and retain power in the 2024 general election.

Watch his video below:

Woman claims delegates are angry with Bawumia over peanuts in TikTok video

Relatedly, YEN.com.gh earlier reported that a woman who claimed to be a delegate of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) expressed displeasure over the unfair distribution of monies to delegates.

In a TikTok video with the handle Obaayaa Racecourse, she restated the complaints of several delegates, who she claims are dissatisfied with the disproportionate amounts distributed to voters.

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Obaayaa alleged that Vice-President Dr Bawumia, one of four flagbearer hopefuls in the NPP presidential primary, paid the chairmen millions of cedis but gave the delegates peanuts.

Bawumia arrives to vote in the NPP presidential primary

Also, YEN.com.gh reported that Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia arrived to vote in the ruling NPP presidential primary at the party's headquarters in Accra.

He arrived with his wife, Second Lady Samira Bawumia, and his security details.

The vice-president is among the leading candidates many political pundits have tipped to win the presidential poll underway across 17 blocs nationwide. His fiercest opponent is Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong.

Source: YEN.com.gh