"The minister of state for national security at the presidency has owned up that he was responsible for deploying them. The minister of state for national security works for the president…several of the people who were deployed were wearing shirts of the national security council inscribed on it and we all know that the national security council is chaired by the president, vice president…” asserts ex-President John Mahama.
The former President made this comment while ‘briefing’ some members of the diplomatic corps, Wednesday on the violence that ensued at Ayawaso West Wuogon.
Mr Mahama believes violent acts being perpetrated by vigilantes of the NPP is as a result of ‘pronouncement and actions of President Akufo-Addo.
"This particular president, as a candidate, has always promoted violence and it is on record; about his pronouncements and actions that show that this has just been accumulative approach that has finally ended up where we are…the all die-be-die mantra, and all other pronouncement that was made. He took the ordinary localised macho men and began to train them and bring people from outside to come and train them…what they call Invisible forces and Delta forces…once the NPP came into power…they gave these guys national security cards and took them to a military training facility owned by the state at Asutuare…they’ve trained them for other sinister motives and now we know they disguise them as the SWAT of the police and used them to do things; like they did at Ayawaso,” he intimated.
According to him, "as president you get security briefings once a week" and so "there is no way he (Akufo Addo) wouldn’t have been briefed about security preparations for the Ayawaso West Wuogon by election…"
"It is obvious that this was a partisan deployment… this is just a bunch of hoodlums deployed for a purpose…the NPP candidate, Lydia; they were escorting her from polling station to polling station providing security for the parliamentary candidate. If they were neutral participants what will they be doing protecting one candidate…it just shows that this was a partisan deployment and as they themselves said; a dress rehearsal for 2020," he added.
A statement from the former President's office indicated that Mr Mahama was joined by the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Samuel Ofosu Ampofo; General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketiah; the Deputy Minority Leader James Avedzi; a former Minister for National Security Kofi Totobi Quakyi; and senior members of the opposition party.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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THIS IS CLEAR ACT OF SOMEBODY WHO IS VERY , VERY AND I MEAN VERY VERY DESPERATE. THIS MAN IS REALLY DESPERATE INDEED. HE HAS NOW DEVELOPED PERSONAL HATRED FOR NANA ADDO AND IT IS CLEAR. THIS IS BECAUSE HE CAN NOT FANTHOM HOW NANA ADDO COULD STILL DO A LOT DESPITE LEAVING A HALLOW ECONOMY WHICH TO HIM NANA ADDO AND NPP COULD NOT DO ANYTHING. JOHN MAHAMA HS FORGOTTEN THAT NANA ADDO STILL STANDS BY HIS BELIEVE THAT THE BATTLE IS STILL THE LORDS, THEREFORE THE SKY IS THE LIMIT FOR NANA ADDO AND THE NPP GOVERNMENT. JOHN MAHAMA MR. INCOMPETENCE YOUR INCOMPETENCY IS NOW SHOWING ALL OVER WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING.
THE MOST STU--PID GHANA PRESIDENT EVER,WHAT A FUUUULLL.HIS UTTERANCES ARE BAD.WHAT A FORMER TANIII/PEPE PRESIDENT.TANNIII ***barred word***
The man still has bad advisors around him , nothing will change if comes back .
did you also tell them that you said your party is the most violent in the history of Ghana? or you think the diplomatic community does not have their own intelligence? out of respect they will come but have formed their own opinion before they came. they know you are a hypocrate and a dangerous character
MAHAMA HAVE SPOKEN INTELLIGENTLY... NPP CONTINUE BUT KNOW THAT GHANAIANS ALWAYS KNOWS THE FACT....NOW YOU GUYS HAVE DATA TO COMMENT ON EVERY THING...CONTINUE.
infact this desperate jdm guy is a dis-grace to ghana and his corrupt party. how low can a former president go. ghanaians rejected you in 2016 and we shall reject you again in 2020. incompetent soul
Who is advising Mahama? The guy is loosing it because everything that happened under his watch is known globally so why must he pretend that those diplomatic corps are ***barred word***.
JOHN MAHAMA WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT AGAIN.
If I were John Mahama I will keep quiet too much talk is exposing him and making him irrelevant in politics. He is heading for a big disgrace in Ghana politics.
I ALWAYS SAY MAHAMA IS A FUUUULLLL.WHAT IS HE CONDEMMING?DID HE CONDEMNED CHEREPONI,ATIWA,TELANSI BY ELECTIONS AND ALSO LET MY VOTE COUNT?INCOMPETENT MAN LIKE YOU.WHILES NANA ADDO IS WORKING YOU ARE HERE FUUUULLING.