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Gospel musician, Patience Nyarko has threatened to take legal action against the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for using her song as a campaign anthem without her permission.

The gospel songstress, speaking to Kwame Adjetia on Neat FM's "Entertainment Ghana", stated that the NPP, in their National Delegates Congress at Koforidua in the Eastern Region last year, played her popular gospel song "Obi Nyani Me" throughout the congress .

She added that the party declared her song as official song for the party without notifying her or consulting her management for authorization from her management to either use the song or not.

She however disclosed that her management has petitioned the General Secretary of the NPP, John Boadu, the Chief of Staff and other appropriate authorities within the party to ensure the right thing is done.

When asked if there any monetary terms between her and the party, Patience Nyarko declined to tell whether there was any amount involved in their deal but stated emphatically that if the NPP continues to use her song without meeting the terms and conditions by her management, she will proceed to court and sue the party for unlawfully take her song.

“My song that they’ve taken and declared as official song for their programme is like me buying a land at East Legon and they’ve taken without my notice…Taking somebody’s property and declaring it as an official song without telling the owner is an offence.

"If they use the song without honoring our demands, then I will definitely resort to the court...I am not an NPP member. I am a Ghanaian. I am fighting for my right”, she stressed.