Nana Kwame Bediako, the leader of the New Force and presidential candidate for the 2024 general elections, has refuted claims that he did not vote for himself.
According to him, rumors and videos that went viral after the election outcome, purportedly portraying that he did not vote for himself but rather voted for the (NPP) candidate, , should be disregarded.
He explained that after voting for himself, he was just counting the number of candidates on the ballot paper to make sure it tallied up to 13, which made people perceive that he cast his vote differently.
Speaking during a press conference on December 23, 2024, in Accra, he stated, "The 276 tour that I did, upon all the challenges we passed through, the kind of food and water that we took, the coldness and all, so upon all these, Ghanaians want to tell me that I still went ahead and voted for someone… I took the paper to count if the number was still 13 and if I was still number 12. "So, while I was counting, somebody said I held it and voted, but you see, as a nation, don't we get enough of destroying our own?" He added, "So I want to use this opportunity to clear it once and for all… and yes, my wife voted for me, and my family also voted.
