Former National Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay, has angered an ex-NPP Chairman in the Fomena Constituency of the Ashanti Region, Akwasi Nti, with a recent report on Energy Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, also known as Napo.
Mr. Akwasi Nti described Mr. Freddie Blay as an ungrateful person who does not have the NPP’s best interests at heart, despite having benefited immensely from the party.
The popular party stalwart, who was filled with fury, has also accused former CPP leader Freddie Blay of having a vendetta against Asantes and Napo in particular.
Akwasi Nti’s vicious assault on Freddie, Blay, and his newspaper was sparked by a hoax story that appeared in the Daily Guide on May 31, 2023.
The newspaper reported that on May 23, 2023, the Energy Minister and Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh alias ‘Napo’, chartered a private jet to Monaco to celebrate his 55th birthday.
Significantly, it has since been determined that Napo rather celebrated his 55th birthday in Ghana, indicating that the Daily Guide published a false story to tarnish Napo’s reputation.
According to Akwasi Nti, Daily Guide owner Freddie Blay was responsible for the false and fabricated Napo reporting in his swiftly losing credibility newspaper.
In an interview with Angel FM’s Kwame Tanko in Kumasi, the former chairman of the Fomena NPP stated that Napo recently exposed a shady transaction at the GNPC, where Freddie Blay is the board chairman.
As a form of retaliation, he is attempting to use the Daily Guide to attack Napo, claiming that Freddie Blay was profoundly involved in the alleged shady deal at the GNPC, which would have been detrimental to the country.
Akwasi Nti, who sounded extremely enraged, told Freddie Blay and the Daily Guide that any further hoax report or assault on Napo’s persona would be construed as an attack on the entire Asanteman.
Asanteman would fiercely resist any further attacks by Freddie Blay and his Daily Guide against Napo because Napo is presently the face and hope of the NPP in Asanteman.
“Freddie Blay orchestrated the blatant lie that the Daily Guide published about Napo a few days ago, which is a symptom of his’stupidity’, pardon my language.
“Freddie Blay should be aware that Napo represents the future of the NPP in the Ashanti Region, and some of us would not mind risking our lives to fight anyone who attacked Napo,” he warned.
In addition, he stated that the Daily Guide’s recent unprovoked attacks against Napo are also an attack against the NPP as a whole, and that he is astonished by Freddie Blay’s childish behavior.
According to Akwasi Nti, at his advanced age, Freddie Blay should have known better and acted responsibly. He is a pure-blooded CPP member who became National Chairman of the NPP.
Even though he is a well-known CPP member, he and his family have benefited greatly from the NPP, so he should not turn his back on the NPP now. This is a sign of his lack of gratitude.”
Akwasi Nti also stated unequivocally that Napo is a well-known figure in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Ghana in general because he is capable of assuming a higher position in the future.
In this regard, he warned Freddie Blay and his propagandist Daily Guide newspaper to act professionally and cease writing falsehoods about Napo for his own benefit.
“Freddie Blay should know that if he uses his newspaper, the Daily Guide, to attack Napo again, I will immediately respond in kind,” Akwasi Nti, who was fuming and gasping for air, warned.
He asserted that Napo is competent and blessed, citing Napo’s exceptional performance in the Education and Energy Ministries to bolster his claim and emphasizing that “no one can bring Napo down.”
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