The war of words between the New Patriotic Party (NPP) leadership and the embattled former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, reached a fever pitch this weekend.

The party’s Director of Communications, Richard Ahiagbah, has launched a critique of the world-renowned heart surgeon, accusing him of constitutional subversion and attempting to incite "chaos" within the Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition.

Appearing on Channel One TV on Saturday, January 17, 2026, Mr. Ahiagbah argued that the professor’s recent comments on The Point of View with Bernard Avle were a deliberate attempt to bypass the very party structures he once served.

During that interview, Prof. Frimpong-Boateng described the NPP as a “fake party” and declared that he no longer recognised the current leadership. Mr. Ahiagbah contended that such public outbursts are a direct violation of the NPP Constitution, which mandates members to exhaust internal grievance mechanisms before going public.

“Prof. Frimpong-Boateng had the opportunity to deal with this matter internally. But by not exhausting or dealing with this matter internally and going out there to kind of introduce that subject, it is contrary to our Constitution,” Ahiagbah stated emphatically.

The conflict has evolved into a high-stakes standoff. While the NPP has officially initiated expulsion proceedings to sanitise the party’s ranks, the professor remains defiant. Despite his scathing "fake" label, he insists he is a "founding member" who will not be pushed out of the house he helped build.

However, in a move that signals a total breakdown of diplomacy, the professor has vowed to boycott the party's judicial process. He has indicated that he will not honour any invitation to appear before the National Executive Committee (NEC) or the Disciplinary Committee.

Mr. Ahiagbah warned that the party cannot afford to let such high-profile defiance slide without consequences. He suggested that allowing a senior member to publicly disparage the party without facing the constitutional music would set a dangerous precedent for junior cadres.

“If we do not enforce the rules that govern us as a collective, what we will have is chaos,” Mr Ahiagbah warned, defending the party's decision to seek his removal.

The bad blood between the professor and the NPP leadership is rooted in the controversial 600-page Galamsey Report authored by the professor in 2021, which implicated several high-ranking party officials in illegal mining.

Since then, the professor has increasingly positioned himself as a whistleblower, while the party views him as a "loose cannon" intent on damaging their 2028 electoral prospects.