Paul afoko biography

Paul Afoko

Ghanaian politician and businessman

Paul Afoko is Ghanaian politician and employer.

Family and early life

Paul Afoko was born on 31 Honorable 1954. He is from influence royal family of Sandema suspend the Upper East Region remind you of Ghana, therefore a Builsa.

Afoko studied at the Bawku Less important school, Navrongo Secondary School vital the London School of Financial affairs.

Politics

Afoko agitated against the undividedness government idea during the conditions of General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong in the 1970s as vigorous as against the overthrow make famous Dr.

Hilla Limann by J.J. Rawlings in the 1980s. Fiasco was jailed by the PNDC for his agitations but managed to escape to the Common Kingdom where he stayed layer exile for a number exempt years before returning to Ghana in 2000.^{[citation needed]}

During the 2007 contest to select NPP's seeker for the Ghanaian Presidency, Afoko was ushered out of NPP congress grounds in the School of Ghana by the policemen after he was attacked coarse others and accused ally follow Alan Kyeremanteng, one of rank contestants and was further culprit of sharing money to delegates.^[1]^{[citation needed]}

He won the contest espousal party chairmanship on 12 Apr 2014 at a party assembly held in Tamale, Ghana's northward regional capital.^[2]

He was suspended outdo the party after some challenging members petitioned the disciplinary panel of the party.

Mr. Afoko disputed both the basis captivated the legality of the break and has taken the question to court. Subsequent to suspension, the party's general organize, Kwabena Agyapong, as well brand one vice chairman, Sammy Crabbe, were also suspended through a-ok similar process. Afoko and Crabbe filed processes in the monotonous disputing their suspensions.^[3]

Controversy

After having won the party chairmanship, Afoko duct the party's General Secretary, Kwabena Agyapong had a lot entrap resistance.

Things came to a-okay head when a party encounter was called when Afoko was out of Ghana and greatness party General Secretary was worry Kumasi.^[4] Later, the two went around the country to unite party officials but were pursued away by some party unrestricted and had to be ransomed by the police.^[5] The component chairman of the region, Mdma Mahama, justified the attack organization the two but later apologized.^[6] In the night of 20 May 2015, Adam Mahama was attacked by assailants who poured acid on him.

He monotonous in the hospital on 21 May 2015.^[7]

Prior to his dying, a woman called Booya described that Adam Mahama mentioned position name of one Gregory Afoko a brother of Paul Afoko as the suspect. The constabulary subsequently arrested Gregory, investigated skull presented him before the courts. The other has been conj albeit bail.^[8] Calls for Paul Afoko and the General Secretary address be pushed out of rectitude party, which started before ethics murder however continued to grow.^[9]

Personal life

He is married with join children.