Hot SourceThe New Patriotic Party (NPP) is facing fresh internal wrangling as its 3rd National Vice Chairman, Alhaji Masawudu Osman, has formally expressed intentions to petition the National Council to remove the party’s National Chairman, Danquah Smith Buttey, over allegations of serious misconduct and misrepresentation.
In a letter dated July 15, 2025, Alhaji Osman accused Chairman Buttey of lying to senior party leaders by falsely claiming that former President Akufo-Addo had reached out to him personally to express reservations about decisions taken at the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on June 17.
According to Alhaji Osman, Chairman Buttey convened an emergency meeting of the Council of Elders and the Steering Committee on July 10, during which he claimed that former President Akufo-Addo opposed the party’s proposal to hold early presidential primaries and to expand the electoral college to include former Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs), among others.
Alhaji Osman stated that he challenged Chairman Buttey’s claims, questioning why the former President would choose to communicate such significant concerns verbally to him instead of through an official letter to the National Council, as has been the norm in the party’s tradition.
Rather than address these legitimate concerns, Chairman Danquah Buttey, allegedly with the backing of senior party figure Hackman Owusu Agyemang, overruled Osman’s intervention and even threatened to expel him from the meeting for daring to speak up.
Subsequently, the office of former President Akufo-Addo issued a statement categorically denying any move to interfere with or challenge the decisions reached by the NEC. This denial, Alhaji Osman argues, exposed Chairman Buttey’s claims as false and deeply damaging to party unity.
“It is obvious to me that the actions by you and Mr Hackman Owusu Agyemang were not only self-serving and capricious but also a calculated attempt to sow confusion within the rank and file of our dear party,” Alhaji Osman stated in his letter.
He further described Chairman Buttey’s behaviour as a betrayal of trust and a violation of the party’s spirit of unity and constitutional principles.
In light of these developments, Alhaji Osman announced his intention to officially lodge a complaint with the party leadership and the National Council, urging them to take decisive action against Chairman Buttey on grounds of stated misbehaviour.
This brewing crisis adds to growing tensions within the NPP as it navigates the aftermath of its 2024 electoral defeat and prepares for its upcoming internal elections and the 2028 general elections.
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