Government has heavily criticized former President Mahama for peddling falsehood to the diplomatic community when he engaged diplomats on the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election.
Addressing a news conference in Koforidua in the Eastern Region, Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah described the actions of Mr. Mahama as unfortunate and called on the former President to apologise as his actions are prejudicial to the work of the Commission of Inquiry set up by President Akufo-Addo to look into the alleged cases of violence that characterized the elections.
”First, this is an unfortunate act by a former President of the republic as it is prejudicial to the work of the committee. As one who has occupied the highest office of the land, it is unthinkable that he will make pronouncements that seek to prejudice or undermine the work of a fact finding committee at a meeting where he has invited diplomats. We do not believe that in the various countries where diplomats come from, this prejudicial undermining conduct will be countenanced,” he said.
In the said interaction, Mr. Mahama showed the diplomats two sets of videos; One (a video from a legitimate media house) the content of which is the subject matter of an ongoing Presidential Commission of Inquiry.
A second set (which includes 2 videos) which he claimed was evidence of members of an NPP vigilante group at the funeral of the former MP for Ayawaso West Wougon and earlier providing security for the NPP Parliamentary candidate in that by-election.
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said government will this week be serving notice to the members of the diplomatic community that two of the three videos and the narratives that the former President gave to them on the said videos are palpably false and designed at tarnishing Ghana’s hard won reputation in the eyes of the international community.
“Indeed that video is a video of Policemen who had attended a funeral of a fellow Police Officer and had nothing to do with the late Agyarko’s funeral,” he added.
Mr. Oppong Nkrumah said there was also no evidence that the Policemen who attended the funeral of their colleague were even involved in either the police operation at Ayawaso West Wuogon or the SWAT operation at the residence of the NDC candidate.
“Mr. Mahama’s presentation to the diplomats of that video as evidence of a said NPP vigilante group involved in the Ayawaso West Wuogon incidents is false and should be treated as such. The family of Mr. Agyarko has even had cause to deny this and the government will bring this formally to the attention of the diplomats. Ghana is regaining its place in the community of nations and her government will allow no person for whatever parochial interest to undercut our collective gains,” the Minister said.
Source: King Edward Ambrose Washman Addo/Peacefmonline.com/ Twitter: @Washman5/ Instagram: Washman007
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MAHAMA IS A DISGRACE TO ALL GHANAIANS. WHICH PRESIDENT OR FORMER PRESIDENT IN THE WHOLE WORLD PORTRAYS HIS COUNTRY NEGATIVELY TO THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY? ONLY IN GHANA AND SOME DO NOT SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. HMMM!.GHANA.
Government should concentrate on fulfilling your mandate to Ghanaians i.e one village one dam, one district , one factory. This is what we are interested in and not responding to the former president.
Oppong Nkrumah IS A GREAT GUY ON TOP OF HIS JOB. Please he IS NOT INCOMPETENT!
You can be disappointed with Oppong Nkrumah but this does not still rule out the fact that John Mahama has lied. He said the policemen were at Agyarko's funeral, but it turned out that they were at a different place. Why should an old man like Mahama lie? His desperation for power is too excessive. Mahama will clear everybody including Paa Kwasi and Mills for power.
Mahama is ***barred word*** man
Kojo you are an ***barred word*** ***barred word***. shame on you thought you are sensible. Hypocrite like you. see your face like a ***barred word*** dog. you can say these things because of your pocket - Hypocrite idddiot
Let’s assume that the information Mahama put up was correct. Would he have shown the same image to the diplomats, if he was in power? How comes worst selfish, hypocrites and small minds get chance to rule, while the finest are relegated to the background!
Shaaaame on you !!!!!
You are rather a pathological liar. Mahama has done nothing wrong. After the NPP lose power in 2008 when JAK was interviewed on BBC about the smooth transfer of power he said it was not smooth but its like a coup detait. Did you asked him to apologize? You are losing your respect Sir.
When Nana Addo in opposition brought South Africans to come and train NPP vigilante's did you ask him to apologize? Are you not ripping what you have sowed?