Media personality Paul Adom-Otchere has made a U-turn on his claim that a by-election was imminent in the Asante Akyem North constituency in the Ashanti Region because of some legal challenges the Member of Parliament for the area, Ohene Kwame Frimpong, was going through.

The broadcaster, who is the immediate past Board Chairman of the Ghana Airports Company Limited, made the claim during his Good Evening Ghana show on September 2, 2025, following which GhanaWeb reported on it.

However, speaking on the programme on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, Adom-Otchere indicated that he made the claim of a “looming by-election” because of some information he received, which has turned out to be false.

He pointed out that his interactions with the MP and his lawyers have shown that the legal challenges he earlier reported on were non-existent.

He added that Kwame Frimpong told him that the claims were being masterminded by persons who want to oust him and that they are completely false.

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“Ohene Kwame Frimpong had a divorce situation with his wife in the United Kingdom. So, word came round that the divorce had been messy and all of that — he was in jail and was going to be in jail and all of those things. And it is some of those words that we published.

“Then I had engagements with his lawyers and he himself, and apparently there is no problem. He has no problem in the UK. He has settled his divorce matter; his ex-wife and the rest of the family live where they live — everything that had been done on the divorce had been done,” he said.

Adom-Otchere went on to state categorically that there would be no by-election in the Asante Akim constituency.

“It is important for us to state here and now that at this time, there is no by-election looming in Asante Akyem because Ohene Kwame Frimpong, the Honourable Member of Parliament for the constituency, is intact. He has no problem with INTERPOL, no problem with UK police, and he has gone through a divorce situation as many others do… So, the Electoral Commission knows that there is no problem in Asante Akyem,” he reiterated.

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During his show on September 2, Adom-Otchere claimed that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was aware of this looming situation.

He argued that because Asante Akyem North is an NPP stronghold, the NDC risked losing the seat, reducing their numbers in Parliament.

This, he said, explained the energy the party invested in winning the Akwatia by-election.

“Then we can test the formidability of the NPP, whether they have risen from the doldrums of the 41% or whether they are going even further down. Why was the NDC so interested?

“Someone might say the NDC already has a two-thirds majority, so why were they so focused on Akwatia? I will tell you a secret. There could be another by-election pending in Asante Akyem, I don’t know whether it is North or South. The seat was won by an independent candidate who defeated Andy Appiah Kubi,” he stated.

He further added that; “This potential by-election is not because the MP has passed on. No, no, he is a young man and very much alive by the grace of God. But there are legal matters, some outside Ghana’s jurisdiction, that could lead to such a situation.”

Watch a video of Paul Adom-Otchere’s remarks below:



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