We’ll not return to NPP – United Party rejects amnesty offer”
The newly rebranded United Party, led by Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, has rejected an offer of amnesty extended by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to former members who left the party.
The United Party, formerly known as the Movement for Change, is a breakaway faction from the NPP. The opposition party had earlier announced its readiness to welcome back individuals and groups who had departed, promising them “amnesty” to return.
However, during the official unveiling of the United Party, the party’s National Chairman, Abubakar Saddique Boniface, dismissed the offer as baseless and morally unjustified.
According to him, the NPP has no authority to grant forgiveness when no wrongdoing had been committed to warrant the expulsion of Alan Kyerematen and his supporters.
“We were sacked from the NPP, but today they want to grant us amnesty?.
What crime did our leader commit? What crime did I commit for you to sack me? And now you are telling me you are giving me amnesty? No way.”
Mr. Boniface likened their split from the NPP to a final divorce, stressing that reconciliation was no longer possible.
“In Islam, when you divorce a woman three times, she’s no longer your wife until thy kingdom come,” he stated.
Alan Kyerematen, a former Minister of Trade and Industry, resigned from the NPP in 2023 following internal disputes and what he described as unfair treatment within the party.
He subsequently launched the Movement for Change, which has now been rebranded as the United Party as part of efforts to broaden its national appeal ahead of the 2028 general elections.
