Pius Enam Hadzide, an aide to New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful Dr. Bryan Acheampong, has strongly denied claims that his boss has made tribal or religious appeals in his campaign messaging.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s The Point of View on Monday, August 25, Hadzide insisted that Dr. Acheampong has never asked party members to vote for him based on ethnicity or religion.
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“I would like to put on record that Dr. Bryan Acheampong has not made any tribal comments,” Hadzide stated.
“He has not asked persons of the party, the leadership of the party, delegates of the party to vote for him based on tribe or religion. He’s not the one who has been making such comments. He cannot be accused of making any tribal comments.”
The clarification comes amid social media speculation and alleged misinterpretation of a widely circulated video. The clip reportedly suggested that Dr. Acheampong blamed fellow flagbearer contender and former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for the long-standing Mamprusi-Kusasi conflict in northern Ghana.
Over the weekend, the Acheampong campaign released a statement rejecting these claims, describing the video as “mischievously pieced together and venomously captioned.” According to the campaign, Dr. Acheampong’s comments were taken out of context and distorted to create a false narrative of tribal animosity.
“Dr. Acheampong has not, at any point, blamed former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for the Kusasi-Mamprusi conflict,” the statement read. “His comments in the original video clearly stated that Dr. Bawumia was a victim of circumstances, not a cause of division.”
The campaign emphasised that Dr. Acheampong holds deep respect for Dr. Bawumia and that his remarks were intended to highlight electoral challenges and strategic decisions affecting the NPP in certain constituencies—not to stoke ethnic division.