New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2024 presidential hopeful and Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong, has withdrawn from the ongoing nationwide Thank You Tour.
Mr. Agyapong confirmed his decision in an interview with Accra-based UTV.
“Dr. Bawumia called me and I told him I want to pull out because of what happened. I have met with the General Secretary and spoken with him too. Everybody thinks it is in order,” he said.
This follows the stabbing of a young man believed to be one of his supporters on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in the Bantama Constituency of the Ashanti Region.
Eyewitnesses say the victim, part of a group of students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), was threatened multiple times with pistols by the assailants, who later fired eight warning shots into the air.
The confrontation reportedly began when the students attempted to prevent the armed men from taking away cash that had been presented after the event.
During the scuffle, the victim—whose identity is being withheld—was stabbed in the upper right rib.
Responding to the incident, Mr. Agyapong condemned the act as unacceptable and disturbing, vowing to assist with investigations to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Meanwhile, the Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, has directed a full-scale investigation into the violence, which left the KNUST student in critical condition.
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