[6] Prior to that election, Addai Odike had been suspended for breaching the party's constitution in appointing his own son as the acting General Secretary.
[7] Odike and Razak Kojo Opoku left the UFP and co-founded the United Progressive Party which was registered with the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) in May 2015.
[9][10] After a period of disputes about who was the legitimate presidential candidate for the UPP, Odike announced that he was withdrawing from the contest.
He proceeded to back Nana Akufo-Addo, then leader of the biggest opposition party, the NPP in the 2016 election.
[15] Although he managed to file his nomination papers on schedule, he was disqualified from contesting the 2020 election by the Electoral Commission because his documents were not satisfactory.