Former Bantama MP Okyem Aboagye dead

The death is reported of former Member of Parliament for Bantama Constituency in the Eastern Region Daniel Okyem Aboagye.

The sad incident occurred on Saturday, September 23.

He died after a short illness.

Mr Okyem Aboagye served as MP from 2017 to 2021 after beating Dr Henry Kwabena Kokofu in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) primaries in 2015.

He served as a member of the Finance Committee in the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic.

He was, however, defeated by Francis Asenso-Boakye ahead of the 2020 elections in a hotly contested party primaries that saw Dr Kokofu backing the current Minister of Works and Housing.

Mr Okyem Aboagye was the CEO of popular transport company 2M Express.