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Aspiring General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyapong, has stated that the party and its 2012 Presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, lost the December 2012 presidential polls because of some �sycophants� within the party. �These latter day saints and late home-coming members in the party pretend to love Nana Addo than any other body in the party. They are the ones who caused his defeat. We must be united in the party. The party members must be mindful of the fact that genuine unity is the requisite for victory in 2016,� he said. According to him, the question of whether Nana Akufo-Addo will aspire again to lead the NPP in 2016 is not the duty of any party leader to decide. Kwabena Agyapong said he believes Nana Addo is so very marketable but it is up to the electorate to decide whether they want him nor not. �It is not for Sir John to come and say that he will confidently make sure Nana Addo leads the party. The party will bring Nana Addo in 2016 not Sir John. Sir John is the General Secretary of the party and he should be the last person to say that,� he said. He noted that the NPP lost two successive elections by the �skin of our teeth� because the spirit of sacrifice is no more part of it moral fabric. Speaking on Asempa FM�s Ekosii Sen programme Wednesday, the former presidential spokesperson called on the party members to cease from tarnishing the image of the Nana Akufo-Addo who is on a political break in the UK. �They must respect Nana Addo; the man has suffered in this party (NPP)� he opined. Commenting on recent insults hurled at Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku after calling for a change of a presidential candidate; he said �I have been appalled at the amount of insults hurled at Dr. Apraku�. He further described the attack on Dr. Apraku for expressing his views as �alien to NPP�s democratic culture.�