Bishop Daniel Obinim, the Founder and leader of the International God’s Way Church, has publicly criticized former New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful Kennedy Agyapong, claiming that Agyapong’s presidential aspirations were driven by religious influence rather than genuine personal conviction.
During a sermon delivered to his congregation on Sunday, June 15, 2025, Bishop Obinim asserted that Agyapong had no initial intention of running for the presidency. Instead, he alleged that members of the clergy persuaded Agyapong to pursue the idea. “Quote me anywhere, Kennedy Agyapong never had the idea of becoming president of this country. It was the pastors that said it to him, and he realized he wanted to become president. If he knew that earlier, he wouldn’t have done a lot of things,” Obinim claimed.
The controversial bishop further suggested that Agyapong’s recently observed more subdued public demeanor is a direct result of his political ambitions. “Because he wants to be president, he is quiet now. The tiger has become quiet because he wants to be president,” Obinim remarked.
Referencing past public disagreements, including Agyapong’s widely publicized feuds with both himself and media personality Afia Schwarzenegger, Obinim contended that such confrontations would have been avoided if the former Assin Central MP had harbored presidential aspirations from the outset. “Do you know that if he knew he wanted to be president, all these fights with me and Afia Schwarzenegger wouldn’t have happened?” he stated.
