An aide to the suspended chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Afoko, and former Chief of Staff, Kwadwo Mpiani, has
According to Nana Yaw Osei, Paul Afoko and Kwadwo Mpiani had not given money to any independent candidate to campaign.
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A pro-NPP Group, Patriots For Victory, cautioned Paul Afoko and former Chief of Staff, Mr. Kwadwo Mpiani, to desist from their evil plots and machinations against the flagbearer, Nana Akufo Addo and sponsoring independent parliamentary candidates in the Ashanti Region to scuttle the chances of the party.
According to the group, it is aware of clandestine moves being undertaken by the two personalities aimed at scuttling the chances of the party and its flagbearer ahead of the crucial elections slated for December 7.
In a statement, the group stated that it is aware of series of meetings held by Mr. Afoko and Mr. Mpiani where they discussed several plans including extending financial support to independent candidates in order to sabotage the party's presidential and parliamentary fortunes.
According to them, they also have concrete information to the effect that the suspended Chairman and the former Chief of Staff have been campaigning vigorously against the party's Presidential Candidate.
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"We want to tell Mr. Afoko and Kwadwo Mpiani that we have been monitoring them since last week when they started their operations in the Ashanti Region. We know that they have been giving monies to some independent candidates as well as trying to bribe some of our polling agents so that they can compromise them on the elections day," the group alleged.
But an aide to Paul Afoko, Nana Yaw Osei said, denied saying that he [Afoko] had not given money to any independent candidate therefore the group should be treated with the contempt it deserved.