New
Patriotic Party (NPP) National Chairman, Paul Afoko and General
Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong have been asked by the party’s Council of
Elders to step down from their respective positions.
The
Elders made the call in a letter addressed to the two national
executives. Citi News sources within the party indicated that the
Council of Elders condemned the current wranglings in the party and
called for calm.
Paul Afoko and Kwabena
Agyepong have been under intense pressure to resign following the death
of the party’s Upper East Regional Chairman, Adams Mahama. Adams Mahama
died after he suffered acid attack last week.
The
two reportedly held a meeting with some party executives in the Upper
East region without informing the regional chairman, Adams Mahama.
The
meeting was subsequently disrupted by some NPP youth in the area while
the regional organizer was reportedly assaulted in the process. Weeks
after the incident, some two persons attacked the Upper East Chairman
with acid leading to his untimely death.
A
brother of Paul Afoko was subsequently arrested, brought to Accra and
has been charged with murder. The other accomplice is currently at
large.
So far, eight regions in the
country have petitioned the party’s National Council asking Paul Afoko
and Kwabena Agyepong to step aside to pave way for further
investigations into the death of Adams Mahama.
The regions are: Eastern, Central, Western, Upper East, Upper West, Northern, Volta and Greater Accra.
Some
members of the NPP have argued that ever since the two were elected
into office, the party has been plagued with a number of controversies
which has created some divisions in the party.
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