Nana Akomea, former Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has downplayed John Dramani Mahama’s recent electoral victory, attributing it primarily to widespread voter apathy among NPP supporters.
Speaking during an interview on Peace FM, Akomea remarked that the total valid votes Mahama received in the 2024 elections were nearly identical to his performance in 2020 when he was defeated by Nana Akufo-Addo.
In his analysis, Akomea suggested that Mahama’s win did not result from a significant increase in NDC support but rather from a lacklustre turnout by NPP voters.
“The data shows that over two million NPP supporters abstained from voting this time. That’s not to say Mahama or the NDC did anything extraordinary—it simply means we handed them this victory,” he stated.
Akomea further emphasized that the NPP would conduct an internal investigation to understand the root causes of this apathy, adding that it was highly unlikely that traditional NPP supporters had crossed party lines to vote for the NDC.
Instead, he argued, they simply chose to stay away from the polls.
