Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate hopeful Alan Kyerematen has strongly criticized the party’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, for his hostile response after Kyerematen’s departure from the party.
Speaking in an interview on UTV on Tuesday, September 27, 2023, a visibly angry Alan Kyerematen questioned the temerity of Wontumi to be making statements against him.
Alan, who has announced he will be contesting the 2024 presidential elections as an independent candidate, said that he is the one who made Wontumi what he is in the NPP.
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“Who brought Wontumi to the party? Today, Wontumi is going around making all kinds of noise. If he has someone to thank, it should be Alan Kyerematen. I’m the one who held hands at the party. Who is Wontumi?
“There are some things we should not be saying, but we have been quiet for too long. I brought Wontumi to the NPP, and I brought him to the party for a good reason. He was a small-time businessman. Today, when we are talking about party issues, Wontumi is the one dictating,” he said in Twi.
The presidential hopeful said that he helped make Wontumi, the NPP constituency chairman for Bosumtwi, after he (Wontumi) asked for his help and pledged to support his presidential ambition.
“I held his hand and made him a chairman… After he became chairman, he was always following me; he was more than a chief campaigner. I am saying this to praise him because he was smart enough to see that Alan was the one who could guide him into politics.
“But he has to be careful with the things he has been doing for the sake of the future. If someone helps you become somebody, don’t take the person for granted,” he added.
He said that he was the one who spoke to the NPP constituency chairman in the Ashanti Region for them to make Wontumi the regional chairman.
Alan’s criticism of Wontumi comes after Wontumi, in a statement, ordered the removal of his campaign poster from all party offices.
