The Afari Military Hospital in the Ashanti Region has become one of the most topical political issues, with both the NPP and the NDC accusing each other of negligence regarding the hospital's condition. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, a former member of parliament for Assin Central, openly criticized successive administrations, including the NPP government, while addressing the media at the Accra Regional Police Headquarters on June 16, 2026. He expressed disappointment over the prolonged delay in making the hospital fully operational. In the interview, he said, “I am NPP, and I am telling you the gospel truth. I was the chairman for Defence and Interior, and we didn’t do anything.”
A few hours later, Gh360, a Facebook user, posted a written statement on June 16, 2026, purportedly from the New Patriotic Party. The statement headlined: “NPP demands retraction and apology from Kennedy Agyapong over Afari military hospital comments,” bears the party's colours, address, supposed contacts, email, and website. In the purported statement, these comments by the former legislator "undermine the image of the Minority in Parliament as well as bring the party into disrepute." He is supposedly demanded to withdraw the statement and issue an unqualified apology or face "disciplinary committee for the necessary action in accordance with the party's constitution and regulations.” This release has elicited reactions from members and sympathisers in the political sphere. The post (archived here) as of June 19, 2026, has over 600 likes, 600 comments and 85 shares.
The NPP on June 16, 2026, released a statement signed by the co-chairperson of the party's policy committee on health, Anthony Nsiah Asare. The statement (archived here) addressed claims around the Afari Military hospital and acknowledged “remarks attributed to Senior members of the NPP.” Additionally, a response from the Communications Director of the NPP, Richard Ahiagbah, on his X page addressed the former legislator. He said Mr Kennedy did not have all the facts about the project at the time he spoke.
LUV FACT-CHECK conducted a fact-check, as the claim could potentially inflame tension in the political sphere. Verification A visual review of the purported statement revealed inconsistencies in formatting and design compared with official-sanctioned NPP communications, raising concerns about possible fabrication. LUV FACT-CHECK observed that the purported letter lacks a reference identifier or code and a fax number, unlike other official versions of written statements from the NPP's, as seen here, here, and here. Using Forensically, an image analysis tool for detecting visual manipulation, we conducted clone detection, noise analysis, and error-level analysis on the viral letter. We discovered that the letter exhibited various signs of tampering, indicating that the visual was manipulated for malicious purposes.
A response from the Communications Director of the NPP, Richard Ahiagbah, on his X page addressed the former legislator. He said Mr Kennedy did not have all the facts about the project at the time he spoke. None of the communications from party officials demanded that the former flagbearer aspirant apologise or retract his criticisms. LUV FACT-CHECK contacted the signatory to the supposed statement, Justin Kodua Frimpong, the General Secretary of the NPP, on June 18, 2026. As of June 19, 2026, he has yet to respond with a confirmation to the circulating statement.
However, we observed that he did not make a public post confirming the circulation, despite being active on Facebook during the period under review. His other platforms, X and Instagram, are also quiet on it. LUV FACT-CHECK also observed no official communication of the “retract and apologise” claim on the NPP's media platforms on X and Facebook.