Former Vice President and flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the 2024 election, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has asked the party’s supporters to forgive the Akufo-Addo government for its shortcomings while in power.
He admitted that although the government accomplished a lot, it also made certain mistakes that angered party supporters and discouraged them from turning out in large numbers to vote during the December 7, 2024, general election.
Dr. Bawumia revealed that approximately 2.1 million party supporters failed to show up at the polls, which he believes played a major role in the party’s loss.
Speaking during the NPP’s “Thank You” tour on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in the Ashanti Region, Dr. Bawumia assured the teeming supporters that the party will work hard to avoid repeating those mistakes.
Meanwhile, a young man believed to be a supporter of Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, who contested but lost the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer race ahead of the 2024 elections, has reportedly been stabbed by individuals alleged to be party vigilantes.
This happened during the NPP’s “Thank You Tour” in the Bantama Constituency of the Ashanti Region.
Eyewitnesses say the victim, part of a group of students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), was threatened multiple times with pistols by the assailants, who later fired eight warning shots into the air.
The confrontation reportedly began when the students attempted to prevent the armed men from taking away cash presented after the event.
During the scuffle, the victim—whose identity is being withheld—was stabbed in the upper right rib.
Medical staff at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital’s emergency unit confirmed the victim is in stable condition after undergoing minor surgery.
According to members of the student group, the first altercation occurred inside an auditorium where NPP leaders were addressing supporters.
They allege they were threatened after chanting songs in support of Kennedy Agyapong.
 for the 2024 election, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has asked the party’s supporters to forgive the Akufo-Addo government for its shortcomings while in power.){kind=link}