Samia Nkrumah Dr. Patrick Ekye Kwesie, special aide to Samia Nkrumah, former Member of Parliament for Jomoro Constituency and daughter of Ghana's first president, has refuted allegations made by Deputy Minority Leader Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah. Buah claimed that Samia's independent candidacy is being sponsored by the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Speaking at the official campaign launch of the NDC in Jomoro Constituency on Sunday, August 25, Buah alleged that in 2009, when Samia won the seat, former President Atta Mills asked her to remain neutral and not join either of the two major parties. However, Buah claimed that Samia refused and instead took a stance that aligned her with the NPP. "In 2009, when Samia Nkrumah sought to contest for the parliamentary seat on the CPP ticket, the late President Atta Mills invited her and me to a meeting.