Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has said the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) choice of candidate for the Akwatia by-election was “not fit for purpose,” arguing that the party sidelined more competent aspirants.
The NPP fielded Solomon Kwame Asumadu, CEO of Owuo Mining Company, as its parliamentary candidate.
However, Mr Asumadu lost the September 2, 2025, by-election after polling 15,235 votes, while the NDC’s Bernard Bediako Baidoo secured 18,199 votes out of 33,819 valid ballots cast, reclaiming the seat for the governing party.
Reacting to the results, Mr Gbande claimed the NPP expected defeat from the onset.
“As for the NPP, from day one, they knew they were going to lose this election. The candidate they imposed was not fit for the purpose.
If they had known, they wouldn’t have tied the other aspirants’ hands behind them. We went there with a calculated, determined strategy to win the election devoid of violence. And that is one aspect the NPP doesn’t know,” he told Channel One TV.
Source: Adomonline
