National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has revealed that, he was originally scheduled to be aboard the flight but made a last-minute decision to send Dr. Sarpong in his place.
Speaking while consoling with the bereaved family, he said, “Allah does what he wants. I was supposed to be on the flight, and last minute, I directed my vice chairman, Dr. Sarpong, to go and stand in for the party, and he accepted it.”
Reflecting on the tragedy, he added: “In your human ways, you may be thinking that if I had not sent Sarpong, maybe he would be living. But who knows? God might have decided that if this is his time, he will be knocked down by a trotro in Accra.”
Dr. Sarpong’s death, Nketiah said, “leaves a significant void in the NDC,” describing his final act as “a selfless service to the party and the nation.”
