On Thursday, 11 January 2024, at a rally held in Dzodze in the Ketu North constituency, the immediate past NPP constituency organiser, Mr Bernard Akpabli, popularly known as Agbeli, and 200 others defected from the NPP to join the NDC.
This followed reports of other defections that have hit the Ketu North NPP since May 2023.
At community engagements held in Tsiaveme, Akpatoeme, Huive, Ablorme, Kpordoave and other places in the constituency, some known NPP members publicly denounced their membership of the party and joined the NDC, promising to work hard for the victory of Edem Agbana and President Mahama.
More than 200 members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ketu North Constituency of the Volta Region have reportedly defected to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
This comes as both parties intensify their campaigns for the upcoming general elections in December.
Among the defectors is Bernard Akpabli (Agbeli), a former Constituency Organiser for the NPP in Ketu North.
NDC’s parliamentary candidate, Eric Edem Agbana disclosed this in a post on Facebook.
“Former Ketu North NPP Constituency Organizer, Bernard Akpabli (Agbeli), and over 200 known NPP members defected & officially joined the NDC family this evening. Many more are coming. Agenda 95% for JM & Edem Agbana active” he wrote.
According to sources, their decision to leave the NPP stems from dissatisfaction with the party’s performance in power, prompting them to seek an alternative in the NDC.
The NDC has warmly welcomed the defectors, commending their courage and resoluteness in choosing the NDC as their new political party.
This mass defection is expected to further diminish the NPP’s influence in the Ketu North Constituency, which already the stronghold of the NDC.
Meanwhile, the Parliamentary Candidate, Eric Edem Agbana says despite the governing New Patriotic Party suffering these mass defections in the Ketu North constituency, the NDC will not be complacent ahead of the December 7 general elections.
The former deputy national youth organiser of the NDC reiterated the party’s resolve to fight for every single vote in the constituency, stating, “President Mahama’s victory is the ultimate, and I will never be happy as an MP in opposition, so whatever it will take, we must work hard for JM to be president in 2025“.
“The defections are good, it motivates us to work harder to attract more, but we cannot and will never be complacent”, he said in an interview.
