Fact Check Debunks Kennedy Agyapong's False Adenta Claim

New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful Kennedy Agyapong’s claims about Adenta Constituency have drawn scrutiny within party circles.

Mr Agyapong asserted that Adenta was traditionally an NPP stronghold and alleged that the party lost the seat because former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia failed to campaign in the constituency.

A review of electoral records from the Fourth Republic shows that Mr Agyapong’s claims are not supported by historical voting patterns in the Adenta Constituency.

Adenta was created in 2004 after being carved out of the Ashaiman Constituency, with the NPP’s Kwadwo Hammond winning the parliamentary seat in the inaugural election.

However, subsequent electoral outcomes do not support the assertion that Adenta has been a traditional NPP seat, with the National Democratic Congress (NDC) winning four out of six parliamentary elections since its creation.

The NDC won the seat in 2008, 2012, 2020, and 2024, while the NPP recaptured it in 2016 but lost it in the subsequent elections.

Mr Agyapong’s claim that Dr Bawumia did not campaign in Adenta for the party’s parliamentary candidates is also contradicted by available evidence, including video and photographic records showing Dr Bawumia’s visits to the constituency during the 2020 and 2024 elections.

Dr Bawumia was present in Adenta on November 27, 2020, to campaign for Yaw Buaben Asamoah, and again on September 6, 2024, to campaign for Akosua Manu and his own presidential bid.

The claim by Kennedy Agyapong that Adenta is a traditional NPP seat and that Dr Mahamudu Bawumia did not campaign in the constituency is FALSE.

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