Outspoken Member of Parliament (MP)
for Assin-Central, Kennedy Ohene
Agyapong, on Wednesday.appeared at the national headquarters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to answer questions in relation to allegations he levelled against some national officers of
the party.
Mr Agyapong, who initially vowed not to honour any invitation by the party, was there to meet members of the NPP's disciplinary committee armed with documents to prove his case.
The Committee is chaired by Most Rev Dr Samuel Asante- Antwi former Member of the Council of State and Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church.
The firebrand MP, also known as
'Akompreko', has accused some executives, including National Chairman Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, of allegedly stealing motorbikes he donated to the party for the 2012 general elections - an allegation Jake has denied.
Bryan Acheampong, said to be an aide to Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey, also challenged Kennedy Agyapong to provide evidence to back his claim, after he was also cited in the affair.
Mr Acheampong, a defeated
parliamentary candidate in the Suhum con¬stituency and Chief of Staff of JakebObetsebi-Lamptey, had earlier appeared before the committee.But sources at the party's headquarters told DAILY GUIDE that Mr Agyapong, who
has launched a personal campaign
against the re-election of the current national officers of the NPP, provided the Committee with evidence.
He was said to have provided
documentary evidence, including
receipts of monies he had transferred into the party's coffers and bank statements.
Apart from that, the Assin-Central MP was said to have pictures of the said motorbikes, which had been parked at a certain location.
However, it was unclear when the
executives of the party would be invited again by the Committee to respond to the allegations.
Sources say Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey and Bryan Acheampong had earlier given their statements to the committee, which noticed some discrepancies in the
submissions of the two.
It is unclear what sanctions would be imposed on the party Chairman and his aide if the allegations were established or what sanctions will be slapped on Kennedy Agyapong, if it is found that his accusations were baseless.
Kennedy Agyapong and Bryan
Acheampong had been throwing missiles on the airwaves, over the handling of NPP
campaign cash, with accusations and counter-accusations compelling the NPP's Council of Elders to issue a caveat, baring the party's members from
discussing issues of the party in public.
Members of the NPP disciplinary
committee included former Defence Minister Dr Kwame Addo Kufuor and MP for Okere, Dan Kwaku Botwe.
Source: Daily Guide
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