Ato Ahwoi is the de facto prime minister; former security chiefs Captain (Retired) Kojo Tsikata and Kofi Totobi Quakyi are trusted advisors; and Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor another close advisor to Mills is Chairman of the Council of State...
Tsikata's successor as National Security Advisor Kofi Totobi Quakyi is a Fante like Mills and the Ahwoi brothers; he is believed to wield considerable behind-the-scenes influence...
But the NDC's favourite backed by Chairman Obed Asamoah former National Security Minister Kofi Totobi Quakyi and the brothers Kwamena and Ato Ahwoi is former Communications Minister John Dramani Mahama...
Key factions are:• First Lady faction: Attorney General Asamoah and Sports Minister Enoch Teye (ET) Mensah; • The Fante Confederation: Minister of State (responsible for National Security) Kofi Totobi Quakyi Castle Chief of Staff Ato Dadzie; Local Government Minister Kwamena Ahwoi and brother Ato (who brought in Atta-Mills as Rawlings' running mate in 1996); • The Ga clique: led by Justice Annan and Interior Minister Okaija Adamafio; • The Northern Region: led by Defence Minister Mahama Idrissu Deputy Education Minister Ibn Chambas NDC General Secretary Huudu Yahya and Transport Minister Edward Salia; • The Dzelukope group: focus has shifted from former National Security Advisor Captain Kojo Tsikata to poet and former Ambassador to the United Nations Kofi Awoonor and securocrats such as Chief of Defence Staff Lieutenant General Ben Akafia; • Asante caucus: P...
