The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has endorsed the action of its supporters who carried a coffin bearing posters of the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in Sunyani, Brong Ahafo over the weekend.
At the official launch of the ruling party’s manifesto, the supporters provocatively carried the NPP leader’s ‘coffin’ as if he were dead in the full glare of President John Mahama, his Vice, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, as well as all the NDC leaders at the Sunyani Coronation Park.
Nobody was able to call the errant youth to order.
Kofi Adams, the 2016 Campaign Coordinator for President Mahama, virtually endorsed the sacrilegious acts of his party faithful yesterday on radio, saying “it is not new in our politics.”
The coffin was said to have been brought from Bole, the home town of President Mahama.
“Without condoning the act, I must say it is not new in our politics. This is done in both the NDC and NPP, even sometimes it happens in internal elections,” Mr Adams, who is also the National Organizer of the NDC, told Okay FM in Accra.
“I saw this same act being done in our recent primaries in one of the areas that I visited. The carrying of Akufo-Addo’s coffin was mere symbolism and wasn’t part of our programme,” he said.
Mr Adams partly blamed the media for exaggerating the episode, saying “the media is always quick to bring such things on the front burner.
“Our focus on the day was selling our transformational agenda to the public which will see the living conditions of Ghanaians, including Akufo-Addo being enhanced.”
On his part, Mustapha Hamid, a spokesperson of the NPP leader, described the action of the youth as ‘reckless’ and ‘unfortunate.”
On Facebook, Hamid said “until we raise our game as young people in active politics, politicians will never respect us.
“Mahama brought these young guys to his manifesto launch; all he could do was to ask them to engage in this. Find a coffin and put Nana Addo’s poster on it and exhibit such crass buffoonery!”
He said, “Elsewhere young people are playing key roles in political campaigns in formulating policies to provide alternative direction to build their nations. In the NDC, the young people are trained to be dispensable buffoons- used and dumped and used again when it is elections. I bet 100% of these guys are jobless. Even after carrying this coffin, they’ll leave Sunyani jobless.
“How many times haven’t the NDC pronounced Nana Addo dead and how many times has God proven to them that He alone decides who lives and who dies?” Hamid quizzed.
“The NDC will never learn. Instead of finding ways of retrieving the DKM monies from Lordina to pay those poor customers, they waste time on praying Nana dies. I now understand why the rains came.”
Source: Daily Guide
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THOSE WHO DIG A PIT FOR THEIR OPPONENTS WILL FALL INTO IT. IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM, NANA ADDO IS PRESIDENT ALREADY.
I think those who influenced the guys to carry out such act acted irresponsibly, because they were rather campaigning for Nana Addo. How can you have a coffin for a presidential candidate from an opposition party that majority of Ghanaians are willing to vote for.. It will rather draw support for Nana Addo and the NPP.
EISSSH KOFI ADAMS!!!!!! YOOO YOU DE GET YOUR EYES (WO GYE WANI) PAPA MAN NEVER WAS (NIPA NS3 HWEE)
THESE NDC PEOPLE ARE VERY ***barred word***, INSTEAD OF TELLING GHANAIANS WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO, YOU ARE JUST THERE TALKING ABOUT OPPOSITION LEADER. UPON THIS YOUR MANIFASTO HAS INTO ***barred word*** WITH NO SENSE IN IT
People are you surprised that all the top guys in the NDC were around yet none raised any objection to this barbaric ***barred word*** act? There aren't many decent people in this party.Our lives are in the hands of the Lord.Who knows who would be alive and who will be dead by this time tomorrow?
WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND. wHEN THE SAME THING WAS DONE TO MILLS IN 2012, YOU WERE LAUGHING YOUR TEETH OUT. HYPOCRITES! AS FOR THE MOCKERY, npp MUST LEARN TO LIVE WITH IT COS "YEBE KA SAAAAAAAAA"!
this is scary. how could you depict somebody in that shameful manner. God have mercy. Lets wish well for our fellow human being no matter our differences. Why are we Always wishing death upon our fellow politician just because of politics. The organisers should have called them into order
Who doesn't know in Ghana that the NDC Party belongs to illiterates, criminals, sycophants, tyrants and ***barred word***.
THOSE BOYS ARE ALL ROBBERS.
Please, please, please, my fellow NPP, the battle is the Lord's. We dont follow ***barred word*** things. Vengeance is the Lord. Please forgive them for they dont know what they are doing. I know for sure their days are numbered. So Gentleman and women of NPP rest assure the almighty will surely visit us.