'That ‘unconstitutional’ thing saved him, he should thank us!' – Paul Yandoh rubbishes Kwaku Kwarteng’s petition
Paul Yandoh is the New Patriotic Party's Ashanti Regional Communications Director The New Patriotic Party's Ashanti Regional Communications Director, Paul Yandoh, has admitted that the party's regional executives deliberately facilitated an independent candidature in the Obuasi West Constituency during the 2024 general election as a tactical move to save the seat, and that Obuasi West MP Kwaku Kwarteng himself was kept in the dark about the plan.
Kwarteng had petitioned the NPP General Secretary on July 12, 2026, seeking disciplinary action against Dr Ayew Afriyie and the reversal of a regional executive recommendation that cleared one of the independent candidature-linked aspirants to contest for the position of First Vice Chairman in Obuasi West.
The Regional Communications Director went further, arguing that the votes cast for the independent candidate would have gone to the NDC had the plan not been executed, and that the arithmetic was simple.
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