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The controversial Member of Parliament, P.C. Appiah-Ofori has threatened to �attack� Nana Akufo Addo, the Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) if he fails to announce his running mate by the end of March. He told Radio Gold in an interview that Nana Akufo Addo has been given a deadline and he cannot go beyond it. He said it is too early to criticize Nana Akufo Addo for not naming his running mate but if he fails to do so by the end of the month, �then all of us will attack him.� When asked if he knew that Dr. Bawumia, a former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, is the preferred choice of Nana Akufo Addo, Mr. Appiah-Ofori lost his cool. He described Dr. Bawumia as a failure who cannot assist Nana Akufo Addo to win the 2012 elections. �He does not bring anything to the table� he said. According to Mr. Appiah-Ofori, Dr. Bawumia was the wrong choice for the 2008 elections and he will be a disaster for 2012. He said Dr. Bawumia comes from an NDC family and cannot be expected to help the NPP to capture power. He claimed that Dr. Bawumia�s father, mother and brother are all avowed supporters of President Mills and the NDC. �His mother is an NDC Women�s Organizer, His father was NDC and I have been told that one of his brothers is the current ambassador to Burkina Faso. �We cannot rely on this man to win the elections in 2012� he said.