Before the general elections in 2024, private attorney Maurice Ampaw declared that he would leave Ghana in the event that former President John Dramani Mahama won the presidency. He claimed that he would not permit himself to be governed by Mahama again after witnessing what the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the party's then-candidate for president in the 2024 elections, could accomplish while in office from 2012 to 2016.In an interview with Kumasi-based Angel FM on Monday, September 10, 2023, lawyer Ampaw stated that he would choose to live in neighboring Togo rather than submit to Mahama's dictatorship once more. "I would go to Togo and refuse to let Mahama rule over me again." I want you to write that on the wall. I would
"I'll go and live in Togo for four years if Mahama wins.In Twi, he questioned, "What is Mahama going to do in government again?" Since Mahama may only hold the office for four years and has stated that four years is insufficient to change the nation, Ampaw clarified that he does not want Mahama to be president once more.He claimed that in order to pay off the massive debts he had accumulated from political campaigns since 2016, Mahama would utilize his second coming to pillage the state.What is Mahama going to do, considering that he himself stated that four years is insufficient to accomplish anything constructive for the nation?He is aware that it will take more than four years to resolve Ghana's current issues.
He has significant debt as well. The lawyer said that he has not reimbursed the funds he utilized for the 2020 elections and the 2016 campaign. But on Monday, December 9, following the polls' conclusion on December 7, Jean Mensa, the chairperson of the Electoral Commission, proclaimed NDC flagbearer John Mahama the victor with 6,328,397 votes. 4,657,304 votes went to Dr. Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The NDC, Mahama's party, won a majority in Parliament, marking a historic victory.