Paul Afoko, former National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has broken his long silence on the amnesty granted by the party to its suspended and breakaway members.
In an interview with Kwame Nkrumah Tikese on Okay FM, as sighted by MyNewsgh, Afoko revealed that many journalists had contacted him to comment on the development, but he deliberately stayed quiet until the Okay FM host reached out.
“I have had several journalists calling me on this matter, but I refused to grant any interview until Kwame Nkrumah Tikese invited me. That is why I am speaking today,” he explained.
He described the decision of the NPP to extend an olive branch as a step in the right direction but expressed serious concerns about the conditions attached to the amnesty. “If reconciliation is conditional, then it defeats the purpose of forgiveness and true reconciliation,” he stressed.
Afoko further clarified that he has no intention of returning to frontline politics or reclaiming his former position as National Chairman of the party.
“I will not come back as National Chairman even if I am given the chance. My focus now is on my farm. I have been farming ever since my indefinite suspension, and that is what I am committed to,” he said.
Afoko’s comments come days after the party’s Acting National Chairman, Danquah Smith Buttey, confirmed in a letter dated August 16, 2025, that all suspensions and pending disciplinary cases had been lifted as part of efforts to foster unity and cohesion.
However, members who forfeited their membership are required to apply for reinstatement and will remain barred from contesting internal party elections for two years.
