Mahama’s Comeback Causes No Fear – John Boadu

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is not afraid of the return of the former President Mahama as the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), the General Secretary of the NPP, John Boadu, has asserted.

“Why should we be scared of Mahama’s comeback? After all, we knew he would contest but its important to note that, he [Mahama], cannot come close to us [NPP] in 2020 even if he manages to win the NDC Presidential primaries”, he added.

The NPP scribe said this in an interview on Accra based Okay FM .

Mr. Boadu added  “We are not waiting for the NDC and Mahama to deliver for him to contest the 2020 elections”.

He believes John Mahama will still lose the 2020 general elections even if he wins his party’s primaries to be flagbearer.

Mr. Boadu said the NPP is focused on delivering on its mandate and is certain that Mahama’s decision will not affect the NPP’s chances of winning the upcoming election.

Former President Mahama last Thursday declared his intention to contest in the party’s presidential primaries.

His decision has left some party supporters surprised as they believe he should not have contested due to the humiliating defeat in 2016 elections.

In a post on Facebook, which seem to mean that he is ready to lead Ghana again, John Mahama stated that he has heeded to the several calls of sympathizers and well-wishers while assuring them of not letting them down as a “servant-leader.”

The former flagbearer of the opposition National Democartic Congress (NDC) came under scrutiny after the party lost woefully to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) during the 2016 December polls.

Most senior members of the main opposition party accused ex-President John Dramani Mahama of running a failed campaign by surrounding himself with ‘young’ and ‘inexperienced’ people, leading to the party’s crushing defeat.

However Mahama blamed the loss to some irregularities but rejected the idea of gathering evidence of over-voting and other abnormalities because his party campaign was focused on institutionalizing democracy.