Upper East Regional Minister Tangoba Abayage has disclosed that she wept while apologising to Aviation Minister Kofi Adda after she defeated him in the party’s parliamentary primaries.
Ms. Tangoba Abayage beat Mr. Adda who is the incumbent Member of Parliament for the Navrongo Central constituency to contest the 2020 parliamentary election for the Navrongo Central constituency.
Though she mounted a vigorous and spirited campaign in the lead up to the December 7 polls, Madam Abayage lost to the National Democratic Congress’ Sampson Tangonbum Chiragia.
Speaking in an interview on Joy fm in Accra monitored by dreamzfmonline.com, the Upper East Regional Minister indicated that she took steps to reconcile with Mr. Adda after the fiercely contested primaries which generated some level of acrimony among their supporters.
“I personally went to the Honorable Kofi Adda after the primaries to apologise to him. We met in Bolgatanga where he was at a meeting. I apologised to him over what may have gone wrong in the primaries and also for defeating him. He tols me that he did not have a problem with me but with those around me. I begged him that he should forgive them for the sake of the party. I can tell you that I wept when I was apologising to him. He still refused to accaept my apology because what he did later on did not that he accepted my apology.” she said.
Madam Abayage stressed that she had evidence the Aviation Minister sponsored a campaign against her adding that “I have concrete evidence that he sponsored other candidates against me. I have a video evidence to that”.
“I’m not just talking from the blues, I have evidence that he campaigned vigorously against my candidature. He supported the NDC and PPP candidate and I have the evidence,” she added.
