Four Big NPP Members Ousted From The Party

Hopeson Adorye, Nana Ohene Ntow, Boniface Abubakar Saddique and Yaw Buaben Asamoa are no longer members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) following their choice to join Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen’s Movement for Change as a feature of his independent presidential campaign.

In a press proclamation dated Monday, November 20. 2023, signed and issued by the NPP General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, Hopeson Adorye, Nana Ohene Ntow, Boniface Abubakar Saddique and Yaw Buaben Asamoa have “Automatically Forfeited their membership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).”

“They are, therefore, no longer members of the Party,” Kodua Frimpong said in the press statement.

The four are said to have freely embraced Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen who recently left the NPP to form a new party named Movement for Change.

Kyerematen exited the NPP’s presidential primaries and consequently left the NPP in September 2023 and has shown his availability to contend the 2024 Presidential elections as an independent candidate and has been moving around activating volunteers.

Hopeson Adorye, Nana Ohene Ntow, Boniface Abubakar Saddique and Yaw Buaben Asamoa, who are all members of the NPP have been joining Kyerematen on his rounds and per the NPP’s constitution, any member who chooses to join any candidate against the elected candidate of the party naturally relinquish their membership.

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At the final funeral rites of former First Lady, Theresa Aba Kufuor in Kumasi at the weekend, some of them reportedly mobilised supporters for Alan Kyerematen and distributed T-shirts inscribed with the Movement for Change symbol of butterfly to canvass support for Mr Kyerematen.

Nana Ohene Ntow is a former General Secretary of the NPP. Buaben Asamoa served as MP for Adentan on the ticket of the NPP while Ababakar Saddique served as MP for Salaga in Northern Region and Madina in Greater Accra, all on the ticket of the NPP.

Below is a copy of the NPP statement:

FORFEITURE OF MEMBERSHIP PURSUANT TO THE PROVISION OF ARTICLE 3(9)(1) OF THE NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY CONSTITUTION

The leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has taken notice of recent activities of Hopeson Adorye, Yaw Buaben Asamoa, Nana Ohene Ntow and Boniface Abubakar Saddique which includes publicly endorsing the candidature of a person other than the duly elected Presidential Candidate of the Party; His Excellency Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia.

In spite of their flagrant breach of the Party’s Constitution particularly Articles 3(5) (A)(4) and 3(9)(1), the afore-named men still hold themselves out as members of the NPP.

For the avoidance of doubt, Article 3(5) (A) (4) of the NPP Constitution enjoins all members of the Party to “abide by and publicly uphold the decisions of the Party” In addition, Article 3(9) (1) of the Constitution provides as follows:

“A Member of the Party, who stands as an independent candidate against the officially elected member of the Party, or who joins or declares his or her support for another Political Party, or for an independent candidate, when the Party has sponsored a candidate in a general or by-election, automatically forfeits his or her membership of the Party”.

In line with these constitutional provisions, it is the view of the NPP that Hopeson Adorye, Nana Ohene Ntow, Boniface Abubakar Saddique, Buaben Asamoa have AUTOMATICALLY FORFEITED their membership of the Party. They are, therefore, no longer members of the Party.

The NPP entreats its members to remain true to their duties as per Article 3(5) of the party Constitution. We further call upon our members to bear in mind that the Party’s focus is to unite its ranks and rally the support of Ghanaians to make history by winning the 2024 general elections.