How Kennedy Agyapong ‘ditched’ Adwoa Safo for Prof Oquaye while she was pregnant with his child

Speaking in an interview on Movement TV on March 19, 2025, Adwoa Safo was asked whether she would support Kennedy Agyapong’s bid for the NPP flagbearership.

In response, she stated that she believes in the party’s current flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and her political decisions are not influenced by family ties.

“I have made my political decision, and I believe Dr. Bawumia deserves a second chance, so that is my position.

“Do you know that during my first primary. Kennedy Agyapong campaigned for Professor Mike Oquaye? In 2007, he was on every platform campaigning for Professor Mike Oquaye while I was pregnant with his child. It was only in my second term that he helped me with my campaign. And in my third term, he again campaigned for Oquaye Jnr. So, I also have my preference,” she said.

She further emphasized that Kennedy Agyapong’s decision to campaign against her during the NPP primaries in 2008 reinforces her stance that political choices are personal.

Despite his initial opposition, she acknowledged that Kennedy Agyapong later supported her in subsequent elections.

Adwoa Safo lost her bid for re-election in the 2024 NPP primaries to Mike Oquaye Jnr., who later lost the Dome/Kwabenya parliamentary seat to the NDC candidate in the general elections.