Adwoa Safo Finally Discloses Who She Voted For In The 2021 Speaker Election

Honourable Sarah Adwoa Safo, former Member of Parliament for the Dome-Kwabenya Constituency, has responded to claims that she voted against Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye in the 2021 Speaker of Parliament election.

During the election, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) nominated Alban Bagbin, while the New Patriotic Party (NPP) put forward Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye. Bagbin ultimately won with 138 votes against Oquaye’s 136, despite the NPP having more MPs in Parliament.

Following this outcome, some NPP members accused Adwoa Safo of betraying the party by supporting Bagbin. However, in an interview on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen show, she denied these allegations, affirming that she voted for Oquaye. She claimed that the rumors were spread by certain party members to damage her reputation.

Adwoa Safo recounted the challenges she faced that day, including being escorted by Kyie Mensah Bonsu’s motorcade to Parliament, arguing that she would not have gone through such efforts only to vote against her party’s candidate. She also noted that some NPP MPs did not support Oquaye’s candidacy and asserted that she knew of at least two who voted otherwise.

She urged the public to disregard the accusations, insisting that she remained loyal to the NPP.