The presidential candidate of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Akua Donkor died on Monday night, October 28 2024 at the Ridge Hospital in Accra, according to the family source.
She was first reported with respiratory issues at the Nsawam Government Hospital in the Eastern Region.
She was later referred to the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge Hospital) in Accra.
She reportedly got to Ridge around 8 pm and by 10 pm on Monday, she died.
Madam Akua Donkor was personally present at an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting in Accra last two weeks, where she gained public attention for expressing her unhappiness with what she termed as derogatory comments about her qualifications as a presidential candidate for Election 2024.
She was particularly unhappy with what she said was continuous derogatory remarks about her qualification as a presidential candidate, considering she was not educated in a school classroom.
Madam Akua Donkor founded the GFP in 2011 and got it registered in 2012.
This was after she attempted an election as an Assembly member a number of times and failed at her native Kwabre in the Ashanti Region.
In 2004, she filed to contest as a Member of Parliament at Kwabre East in the Ashanti Region and competed with the late Emmanuel Owusu Ansah, a former Judicial Secretary and former Ashanti Regional Minister.
After two unsuccessful elections in 2004 and 2008 as an MP, and determined to move her political career a notch higher, she moved up into the presidential race and formed the GFP in 2011.
She filed to contest the 2024 presidential elections on the ticket of the GFP and has been attending all IPAC meetings herself.
With her passing, her running mate in 2024 presidential election, Kwabena Agyeman Appiah Kubi known in the media as Roman Fada, is now expected to step into her shoes.
