John Mahama
Days after the launch of the NDC’s 2020 manifesto, the Bono Regional Chairman of the NPP says the largest opposition party sought to engage in “populism, deceit, hypocrisy and to throw dust into the eyes of Ghanaians.”
In the light of this, Kwame Baffoe, aka Abronye, is “calling on all well-meaning Ghanaians to reject NDC’s manifesto because it is a mixture of lies and hypocrisy.”
In a statement, Chairman Abronye took a swipe at former President John Mahama for promising to investigate the death of Ahmed Suale, a journalist, and J.B Danquah Adu, a former Member of Parliament, during the manifesto launch.
The former President said, if he is given the chance again to rule the country, his government “will commence investigation into the death of Ahmed Suale and other unsolved issues, including the murder of J.B Danquah.”
He also claimed that media freedom under President Akufo-Addo is in disarray because of the death of Ahmed Suale.
However, the Bono Regional NPP Chairman believes that “from the above manifesto promise, it is clear that former President Mahama… has no respect for Ghanaians and still holds the opinion that Ghanaians have short memories.”
Mahama exposed
Recounting series of gruesome murder incidents that occurred during President Mahama’s tenure, Chairman Abronye reminded the former President and Ghanaians that on September 15, 2015, a 35- year-old journalist, of Success FM at Goaso in Ahafo Region, King George Abanga, who also served as a reporter for Peace FM in Accra, was shot dead by unknown assailants.
He was said to have been killed on his way from Sankore to Goaso, where he had gone to report on an alleged stealing of cocoa fertilizers by NDC executives.
“My simple but all important question here is: who was the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces in 2015, when that young man (Journalist) was shot dead? What did that President do?” Chairman Abronye asked.
He also recalled that on the November 5, 2015, several other media outlets reported that the chief of Seikwa, Nana Gyimah Ankoana, had been assassinated at Seikwa in the Bono Region. The reports explained that Nana Ankoana, who was hit in the chest and died while being taken to the hospital, was shot around 8pm while relaxing at home.
According to Chairman Abronye, even though former President Mahama had promised to smoke out the killers of the chief, he could not get it done.
He again recalled another high-profile death which occurred in March, 2014, as reported by the Daily Graphic online, involving Fennec Okyere, manager of hiplife musician Kwaw Kese.
“Besides, on the 21st June, 2014 Graphic online reported that the Paramount Chief of the Nanumba Traditional Area, Naa Dasana Andani, had been killed. The chief was allegedly attacked and murdered alongside three other family members at his palace in Bimbilla… by some unknown assailants.
“These and several other killings took place in the erstwhile Mahama administration and yet the NDC did not show any seriousness in getting into the bottom of any of those cases,” he stated.
Source: dailystatesman.com.gh/Richard Kofi Boahen
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