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A group calling itself ''Friends of Dr. Appiah-Kubi'' (FOAK) has asked Ashanti Regional First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Nsenkyere to retract and apologize for making what they believe are derogatory comments about the Member of Parliament (MP) for Atwima Kwanwoma in the Ashanti Region, Dr. Kojo Appiah Kubi.

In a publication by Ghanaweb, the NPP Regional Chairman is said to have accused Dr. Kojo Appiah Kubi and Manhyia North MP, Collins Owusu Amankwa of working against their own party, the NPP.

He described the two MPs as saboteurs saying they have shown disinterest in the party and also plotting against its aim to win Parliamentary seats in the Region, after they lost their Parliamentary seats in the party's primaries.

“I have been to Atwima Kwanwoma constituency and Manhyia North and what I observed was that, the two MPs there are not cooperating with their constituency executives in the exercise...We’ll urge them to come on board or else they should be prepared to face our wrath,” Mr. Kwabena Nsenkyere warned the MPs.

But the friends of Dr. Appiah-Kubi have issued a statement debunking the claims by the NPP Regional Chairman and warned him to stay absolutely clear off their MP.

''We, friends of Hon Dr Appiah Kubi, are proud of our hard working, respected and learned Member of Parliament of Atwima Kwanwoma, who has over the years distinguished himself positively within and outside the corridors of Parliament of Ghana and abroad as an astute politician, policy maker and an academician as well as international respected consultant. He has served as a senior lecturer at the University of Ghana, a manager, as well as a director of a public organisations. Above all he has represented the people of Atwima Kwanwoma for 12 years in parliament, an honour that he is also grateful to the NPP.

As a full member of the NPP he has always dedicated himself to the good course of the NPP and has therefore contributed in various ways towards the victory of the party and Nana Akuffo Addo. Concerning the on-going voter registration exercise, for instance, Hon Dr Appiah-Kubi has made available and fuels a Toyota pick up, which the party is using to transport people to and from registration centres. He is also a staunch member of a parliamentary group planning to do house to house campaign in 'difficult' constituencies. He is currently in the constituency on the ground motivating people to go out to register.''

To them, Mr. Nsenkyere's claims are born out of envy and pure hatred for their MP.

''A public allegation that Dr. Appiah-Kubi has turned his back on the party can therefore only come from a person filled with hatred or envy of Hon Dr Appiah-Kubi. And for that to have come from Nsenkyire of all people is truly beyond reasoning. This is a man who for more than 3 months was out of the coverage area of the NPP, and for the sake of peace in the party, is not being accused of having deserted the party, now has the audacity to accuse a sitting MP of a constituency for having turned his back on the party, barely three weeks after the just ended primaries on June 20th, 2020.''

The group has therefore issued a 72-hour ultimatum to Mr. Nsenkyere to render an unqualified apology to Dr. Appiah Kubi or face their wrath.

''We are, by this press release, calling on Kwabena Nsenkyere, to do...to desist from unnecessary attacks on Hon. Dr. Appiah-Kubi, because he is not competing with Nsenkyire for anything. Nsenkyire swore by his own gods to make him to lose his parliamentary primaries for no apparent reason. Ironically Hon. Dr. Appiah-Kubi cannot even remember having talked to you, Nsenkyire, before in his life apart from exchanging casual greetings during party meetings. You have been apparently successful in making him to lose the 2020 primaries. He is quietly thinking of himself. What else do you want from him? 

''...To retract that malicious publication about Hon Dr. Appiah-Kubi and render an unreserved and unconditional apology to Hon. Dr. Appiah-Kubi within 72 hours for bringing his name into public ridicule and tarnishing his reputation or face the wrath of “Friends of Hon. Dr. Appiah-Kubi'', portions of the statement copied to Peacefmonline.com read.

See attached full statement below