Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi and former Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has likened the ongoing international contest for the 2028 Flagbearer of the NPP, to the famous Biblical story involving King Solomon and two women over the rights of a baby.

In the Biblical narration, one of the two feuding women for the rightful owner of the baby didn't care about the safety of the baby, and asked King Solomon to divide the baby into two and give equal parts to them. But the wise King Solomon was able to determine the right mother, following the insensitive and jealous posture of the other woman, who did not show empathy and care for the woman.

Speaking to NPP delegates of his constituency today, Oppong Nkrumah said some of the NPP aspirants were behaving like the woman who wanted the baby destroyed because she was not the rightful owner of the baby.

"I want to refer all to the Bible, First King's 3:16. This is where you find King Solomon and the two women who were fighting for the rights to a baby," Oppong Nkrumah told his constituents.

"One of the women in the dispute told King Solomon to cut the baby into two. However, the Bible says that God gave King Solomon wisdom and he realised that the true mother of the baby had motherly sympathy towards the baby so she did not want the baby killed and divided into two. King Solomon ruled for the righteous woman, who said she wanted peace so the baby should not be killed and divided into two. He ruled that she was the true owner of the baby. "

Likening the situation to the ongoing internal contest of the NPP, Oppong Nkrumah said utterances by some of the aspirants are aimed at creating confusion in the NPP and disaffection for the party, just as the jealous woman in the King Solomon story, who wanted the baby killed.

"When you look at the conversations going on in our internal contest, you'll realise that some of the aspirants are preaching positivity and unity for the party. Others are also like the woman who wanted the baby killed," he said.

"When you listen to the messages of some of the aspirants, it is all about disunity, knocking heads together and causing confusion in our party. They only say things that will make the party unattractive."

"However, one man, Dr. Bawumia never does that. Today that he's here, he won't insult anybody, he won't say things that will bring disunity to the party. He always talks about his vision and what he will do for this party and the country."

"So if you want to know, in Biblical context, who is then righful owner (of the child) in this our internal context, as is said in Kings 3:16, the one who is creating disunity and chaos, is not the rightful owner."

Oppong Nkrumah appealed to the party's delegates to be decide see through the situation and make the best decision for the NPP by electing Dr. Bawumia to continue what the party is building, warming that some people are only out to destroy the party.

"I always say that in this party, we always build up to a level and then some people try to bring everything down. God has given us a gift because despite all the challenges in 2024, we had a man who was able to lead us to secure 41.7%. We have an opportunity to present him again and build on what we have done but some people are bent on destroying everything with divisive comments and asking you to destroy everything. These are people who do not love the party's progress."