The Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has made a bold statement regarding the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential primaries scheduled to take place on January 31, 2026.

In an interview on JoyNews shared on X on January 30, 2026, Gbande claimed that the NPP primaries are of no importance or benefit to the people of Ghana.

According to him, the NPP, while in power, allegedly cheated Ghanaians by using state-owned resources for personal gain and therefore should not disturb the country with what he described as political theatrics.

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“I just have to say that they are looking for ways to draw in national security. Nobody has time for the NPP. Their entire party and the exercise they are going to conduct tomorrow are of no benefit and of no importance to this country.

“These are the very people who came together to milk and defraud this country. These are the same people who, in our view, are very clear about the kind of pain they have caused the people of Ghana,” he said.

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He further urged members of the NPP to conduct a peaceful election and avoid involving national security agencies unnecessarily.

Gbande explained that the Ghana Police Service is competent enough to provide security, as they did during the 2024 general elections and other by-elections.

“Let me dismiss their allegations and reaffirm that the police they have contacted and are working with to secure their election are the same police that protected all of us during the by-elections and the December general election. They should keep national security out of their confusion, stay clean, and focus on their election,” he added.

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