The Chairman of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Council of Elders, C.K. Tedam, has defended the party’s decision to suspend its National Chairman, Paul Afoko.
He explained that Paul Afoko was acting against the interest of the party, hence the suspension.
He argued that Paul Afoko showed arrogance and failed to honor several invitations to solve issues amicably.
[contextly_sidebar id=”9VfDTZF6KX8yfuKk6BAdcSf3jm8hxYV2″]Addressing some selected journalists at his residence in Accra today[Monday], C.K. Tedam said Mr. Afoko’s failure to call for National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings among others, were the reasons for his suspension.
C.K. Tedam said “having observed the way things were going, we were going into disaster so we petitioned to the Disciplinary Committee.”
“…We’ve been asking him [Paul Afoko] to be in his own judgment..Because of that, we sent it to the right place; the disciplinary committee. They intend invited Paul Afoko just like the Council of Elders invited him and he refused. I went to talk to him myself, he refused to come. We wrote to him officially so that he will reply officially because our idea is to bring peace and harmony to the party.”
“As fathers and mothers of the party, it was not our intention to impeach him because we thought that will take time and it will disorganize the party a little so we asked him to come and explain why he is not cooperating,” he explained.
C.K. Tedam added that ever since Paul Afoko “took power, he is not been going to the party office. He said he is afraid of his own shadow. We have done everything possible and the Disciplinary Committee also did all that they could with our support to bring him for discussions and he himself did not cooperate at all.”
The Chairman of the NPP’s Council of Elders said he again organized some influential people in the northern part of the nation to advise Paul Afoko “but he said no.”
“…And we believe that the only way we can handle this matter is to let the Disciplinary Committee take it upon themselves because he can’t be judged in his own case and we only asked that he should be disciplined and should be asked to wait until things are put in shape. We planned to bring peace, but Chairman Afoko would not just cooperate,” he added.
Paul Afoko was suspended last Friday by the NPP’s NEC following complaints of misconduct against him by the party’s Disciplinary Committee.
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By: Godwin A. Allotey & Franklin Badu Jnr/citifmonline.com/Ghana