- NDC's James Agbey accuses Bawumia and NAPO of vote-buying plot.
- Plot targets influential individuals with cash for support.
- Vote-buying has grown in scale and brazenness.
- Agbey calls for an end to "cash-and-carry democracy".
James Agbey, an operative of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has made a shocking revelation about the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) alleged plans to engage in vote-buying ahead of the 2024 general elections.
According to Agbey, the NPP’s flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, and his running mate, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, are masterminding the plot to buy votes through a platform called Support Group Coordination.
This platform, Agbey claims, targets influential individuals such as clergymen, chiefs, and opinion leaders, offering them cash in exchange for their support and influence in swaying voters to vote for the NPP. Agbey expressed concern about the growing scale and brazenness of vote-buying in Ghana’s elections, citing videos and images of the Bawumia campaign openly sharing cash, food, and valuable items among voters.
He emphasized the need for the country to fight against this “cash-and-carry democracy” and called on the Bawumia/Napo campaign to stop their attempts to induce voters with cash. Agbey revealed that the plot has received approval at the highest level of the NPP and its presidential campaign, with the Ashanti Region being the hub for designing and exporting this strategy to all 16 regions.
He claimed to have gathered intelligence from NPP sources confirming that money had been shared with clergy and chiefs in the regions, allegedly for logistics, but actually for vote-buying. Agbey described the Bawumia/Napo campaign’s actions as a new strategy to win the 2024 elections at all costs, emphasizing the need for transparency and accountability in the electoral process.
He reiterated his call for the Bawumia/Napo campaign to stand down on their attempt to induce voters with cash, urging Ghanaians to reject this form of “cash-and-carry democracy”. Agbey’s revelation has sparked concerns about the integrity of the 2024 elections, with many calling for measures to prevent vote-buying and ensure a free and fair electoral process.
