Leader of the United Party (UP), Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, has claimed that the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) loss in the 2024 elections by 2.1 million votes was partly due to propaganda targeted at him after he decided to contest as an independent candidate.
Speaking in a one-to-one interview on United Television (UTV) Ghana, and sighted by GhanaWeb on X on September 15, 2026, Kyerematen said that once he declared his intention to go independent, some NPP members began circulating statements aimed at discrediting his personality.
“Do you know that after leaving the party and contesting as an independent candidate, 2.1 million voters didn’t vote for the NPP? And after leaving too, they kept saying, if he wants to go, he should go. I said openly to people that the time was too short to organise people to vote for me,” he noted.
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He argued that the propaganda eventually backfired, as many voters who recognised his departure from the party chose not to support the NPP.
“Then there was propaganda that I didn’t have people to vote for me. Their own report after losing the election said, since they said Alan Kyerematen is an independent candidate, then we will also not vote for them,” he added.
Kyerematen hinted that more revelations would be made in due course.
“There are some things that, at the appropriate time, I will disclose,” he said.
Kyerematen made the remark in response to questions about the previous year’s polls.
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Kyerematen, a former Trade and Industry Minister and independent presidential candidate in 2024 under the Movement for Change banner (which later rebranded as the United Party), contested the December 2024 elections.
Watch video of his remarks below.
“I will address the issues surrounding the 2024 election at the appropriate time.” – Alan Kyerematen#UTVGhana pic.twitter.com/z7ofBCVN73
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