The Ashanti regional Chairman for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Benard Antwi Boasiako has discounted claims that he has openly declared his support for Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia in the NPP flagbearer race for the 2024 general elections.
Special Aide to Mr. Antwi Boasiako, a.k.a Wontumi, Andy Owusu disregarded claims that his boss threw his weight behind Dr Bawumia during a Christmas dinner party in Kumasi.
In a viral video which captured Chariman Wontumi at a dinner party with some Members of Parliament, constituency chairpersons and party faithful, the notorious Wontumi was seen leading a chant saying ….BMW meaning ‘Bawumia Must Win’.
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The situation breaches the fundamental laws of the NPP which forbids any person or party official to openly declare support for an aspirant ahead of elections.
But speaking on Akoma FM’s current affairs and political show GhanAkoma, Andy Owusu, Wontumi’s Aide explained that “the BMW Bawumia Must Win chant was implying that Bawumia must win against the dollar but not what people were thinking.”
Mr. Owusu told host of the show Aduanaba Kofi Asante Ennin that “we all know that Dr Bawumia is the one who declared war against the dollar so when the dollar started dropping we believed it was Dr Bawumia who was winning so at the dinner party all our chanting and prayers was that BMW meaning Bawumia must win against the dollar but not in effect of the flagbearer position.”
Source: Onuaonline.com|Ghana
