It has emerged that the suspended General
Secretary and First Vice Chairman of the largest opposition New Patriotic Party
(NPP) Kwabena Agyepong and Sammy Crabbe respectively have congratulated the
party’s Flagbearer, Nana Akufo Addo who has been elected president-elect in the
December 7 election.This was confirmed by Mustapha Hamid, Spokesperson
of president-elect, Nana Akufo Addo.
“I just broke the rules and picked
this call becuase it was from the office. They say I should put it out that
Sammy Crabbe and Kwabena Agyepong have called Nana Akufo Addo to congratulate
him,” he said on Joy FM’s News File show on Saturday.
A section of the
public wondered what the reaction of the duo and some others who have sidelined
in the party will be, following Nana Akufo Addo’s victory.
The two
embattled National Executives of the NPP after they were suspended indefinately
by the party in 2015, did not take part in the NPP campaign activities which has
seen it being elected into power in the just ended poll.
Some members of
the party filed various petitions to the Disciplinary Committee demanding the
suspension of the two accused of working against the interest of the party to
annex power in the 2016 general elections.
The two, among several other
alleged misconduct, are said to have publicly questioned the powers of the NEC
to suspend then party Chairman Paul Afoko, choosing rather to recognise him
[Afoko] as the legitimate leader of the party and not Freddy Blay, the 1st Vice
Chairman who has been asked to act in Afoko’s stead.
Kwabena Agyepong
submitted to the Disciplinary Committee’s investigations and responded to the
various allegations leveled against him by the four petitioners led by a former
KNUST TESCON president, Chris Arthur.
But Mr. Sammy Crabbe declined the
invitation by the Committee, questioning its authority to investigate him as a
national executive member.
However, after its own investigations, the
Disciplinary Committee concluded its work and recommended various sanctions
against the two gentlemen.
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