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Clandestine move by some executives and council of elders of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Subin Constituency to disqualify Joseph Boakye Danquah from contesting in the party’s upcoming parliamentary primaries has been uncovered.

Reports corroborated by party insiders say some party executives at a secret meeting held on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 resolved to forward a petition to the National Appeals Committee of the party to disqualify Joseph Boakye Danquah despite being cleared by the vetting committee to run for the elections.

Sources familiar with the meeting disclosed that the executives and council of elders are bent on challenging the report of the vetting committee by raising issues regarding JB Danquah’s citizenship and party registration or affiliation.

JB Danquah is an astute financial and tax consultant who has enjoyed an illustrious career in the United States for many years.

He is the Chairman of the NPP Minnesota Chapter in the United States of America.

Report suggests that when JB Danquah appeared before the vetting committee, which is chaired by the General Secretary of the party, John Boadu, the members were unanimously convinced that he had satisfied all the legal requirements to participate in the primaries.

Our findings further revealed that some of the executives who are in bed with the incumbent Member of Parliament, Eugene Boakye Antwi, are anxious about JB Danquah’s meteoric rise and growing popularity in the constituency.

He is viewed as the genuine contender, who could unseat the maverick MP, whose popularity has sharply declined in recent months.

“They have vowed to do everything to ensure that Eugene enjoy an easy ride, but some of us are not prepared to allow that.

“The NPP has always promoted healthy contest and we are not going to allow some selfish individuals to destroy what we have used many years to build,”
Our source, who pleaded for strict anonymity furiously stated.

Our source further added that any attempt to disqualify JB Danquah from contesting in the primary would be met with fierce resistance.

In a memo published by the National Parliamentary Vetting Committee and signed by the Secretary, Ashanti Zone, Sam Pyne, three candidates, including Eugene Boakye Antwi, Joseph Boakye Danquah and Frank Doudo were recommended to the National Appeals Committee for considerations