Controversial political activist and aspiring MP for Gomoa Central, Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A-Plus, has shared the story of how his political activism emerged.

Speaking in an interview with DJ Slim on Daybreak Hitz, the controversial political activist explained what made him go into politics.

“When I was in secondary school I was suspended because we organised a protest ‘friends of J.J Rawlings’ and we were about 16-17 and our headmaster was a strong New Patriotic Party (NPP) man”.

Reflecting on his early days in the '90s after the protests, he recalls Ghana News Agency having an interview where he and his colleagues did not know what they were talking about but then they were all in support of former president Jerry John Rawlings.

“I think from that time it hit me that there is something big we are doing because the headmaster heard about it and there was suspension and later removed from the boarding house for supporting NDC and Rawlings,” he said.

He further explained the reason behind his suspension from the boarding house stating that the authorities did not approve of political engagement on campus.

This experience sparked his interest in politics and on his return at age 16, Kwame organised a protest because the school did not have electricity and was running on a plant in Breman Asikuma Senior High School and then took the whole school to town.

He recalled the incident as of historic moment in Ghana Secondary School where students were going to demand what they wanted for their school without destroying school property.

“We just went to ECG to demand that they connect us to the National Grid, went to the District chief executive office and the Domanhene to get something”.

Kwame A-Plus recalled the day after the protest when the District chief executive came to their campus to praise students on the demonstration to get something done.

“All the kids in the school now, the lights that they are enjoying in the school, I led the charge to connect the school to electricity he noted.

This early experience shaped A-Plus's political activism and drive for change, which he now hopes to bring to the national stage as an aspiring MP of Gomoa Central.