Akua Afriyie apologises to NPP for defying boycott
The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary candidate for the Ablekuma North Constituency, Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie, has rendered an unqualified apology to the party’s National Council for defying its directive to boycott the recent parliamentary rerun in 19 polling stations.
Speaking after a National Council meeting on Monday, July 14, to discuss preparations for the party’s upcoming annual delegates conference, Akua Afriyie acknowledged her error and affirmed her continued loyalty to the party.
“All boils down to an apology, because that is my party and I will keep being NPP. We all make mistakes. If the party says you shouldn’t run, whatever it is, the matter has been resolved, an apology given, and we move on,” she stated.
Her apology follows her decision to participate in the parliamentary rerun on Friday, July 11, 2025, despite an official party directive to withdraw. The NPP had rejected the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to organise the rerun, arguing that their candidate had already won the December 2024 parliamentary election.
At a press briefing held on Tuesday, July 8, NPP General Secretary Justin Kodua Frimpong accused the EC of disregarding the will of the people by calling for a rerun.
He insisted that the party’s candidate, Akua Afriyie, rightfully won the initial contest and that all results had been validated by polling agents and EC officials.
The Electoral Commission, however, justified the rerun on the grounds of irregularities in the collation process, particularly the absence of validation signatures from some Presiding Officers on the scanned pink sheets from the affected polling stations.
Despite the NPP’s boycott directive, Akua Afriyie went ahead to contest, only to lose narrowly to the National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) Ewurabena Aubynn, who polled 34,090 votes against Afriyie’s 33,881 votes, securing a historic win for the NDC in the constituency.
