Farouk Mahama reveals how Aliu Mahama reacted to losing NPP presidential primaries in 2007 In 2007, late vice president Alhaji Aliu Mahama was among seventeen candidates who competed in the New Patriotic Party’s presidential aspirant race. Having served as an able lieutenant to the outgoing president John Agyekum Kufuor, it was expected that Aliu Mahama will get the nod to lead the NPP but as it turned out, Nana Akufo-Addo won the primaries. Aliu Mahama who polled 146 votes finished third to Akufo-Addo and Alan Kyeremanteng who obtained 1096 and 738 votes respectively. Nana Akufo-Addo has been the leader of the party since then and after losing the 2008 and 2012 elections, the party has won the last two elections albeit a contest over the result of the 2020 elections announced by the Electoral Commission.