Mr. Otuahene addressing the press(in smock)
THE BRONG Ahafo regional office of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has refuted allegations of going round party circles announcing presidential ambitions of the former first lady, Lordina Mahama.
At a press conference yesterday, the regional chairman of the party, Opoku Otuahene said the picture of the former first lady beside her husband John Dramani Mahama on billboards during the 2016 campaign did not mean she was nursing a presidential ambition.
Mr. Otuahene explained that the picture was only to show appreciation to her for the good works she did for the people of the Brong Ahafo Region where she hails from.
He said those particular billboards were sponsored by some party lovers in the region and that was why they were erected only in the Brong Ahafo Region and not nationwide.
The regional chairman stressed that the Akufo Addo-led government‘s persistent attack and vilification of the former Cocobod CEO, Stephen Opuni is an orchestration to tarnish his hard won reputation “because the NPP know what the beleaguered Cocobod CEO can do to restore power to the NDC in 2020.”
He disclosed that Dr. Opuni was very instrumental in the NDC’s return to power in 2008 so he cautioned NDC members not to join the NPP in the attack.
According to him, Dr. Opuni nearly lost his job as a medical doctor at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital because he campaigned for the NDC to recapture power.
Mr. Otuahene also alleged that Ghanaians are living in fear and panic due to the activities of the NPP vigilante groups; Delta Force and the Invisible Forces.
He said the attack on the Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator by members of the Delta Force last week showed that Ghanaians are not safe because they don’t know what will happen to them in their homes and work places, saying the government is desperate to destroy the NDC.
He asked President Akufo-Addo to hold the country together as was bequeathed to him by former presidents and not to divide it by those forces which are not recognized by the constitution.
FROM Daniel y Dayee, Sunyani
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