Actor John Dumelo says he bought the Land Cruiser V8 which was seized by the taskforce tasked to retrieve state vehicles.
The taskforce, shortly after the New Patriotic Party (NPP) took over power, seized a V8 being used by Mr Dumelo, alleging that it belonged to the state.
Mr Kwame Baffoe, Supervisor of the Task Force on the Retrieval of State Assets, had said when Mr Dumelo was found with the car, he had said the vehicle was given to him by former First Lady Lordina Mahama and had no documents to prove it was his.
But reacting to the controversy surrounding the V8, the award-winning actor said he bought the car but had to let it go because he could afford to buy a new one.
“I will never keep a government car; I’m not a government official so I will never keep a government car. I bought the car from somebody. I bought it, so at that time I won’t say it’s a government car or not a government car. Somebody came and said it’s a government car that I have, so I said: ‘Fine, if it’s a government car, keep the car. What is a car?’ …After that happened I bought a new car. This car saga is something that when it happened, I was like: ‘It’s something that has happened so if somebody says it is theirs they should just keep it,” he told Doreen Andoh on Joy FM.
“In 2010 I bought a car, 2011 I bought another car, 2013 I bought another one, in 2015 I bought another one, so it’s something that I can afford. So when this happened, I said let them take it because of course they were going around saying ‘we will seize your car’. ...It’s a car, I let it go. You can have an accident tomorrow and the car is damaged, so after all I said: ‘To hell with it’, I bought myself a new car and moved on.”
Mr Dumelo, who is a keen supporter of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has been quiet on the political scene after the NDC’s defeat in the 2016 election.
Although a poster of him contesting for National Youth Organiser of the party has emerged on social media, the actor-cum-entrepreneur said he was yet to decide on his political future.
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Oh John dumelo, you have a good family and you pay them back with this,think about your family first, before you do anything, I have friends who deals with drugs, I came from Accra new town so you have to understand me, I don't drink nor smoke, I always think about my mother and brother,if anything about crime or drugs happen to me, what will happen to them, I should have been the inspector general of all this thing but I think about the, German and Japanese SUV and you went to China to buy things to change the suv to made in China suv, how possible, just married and see how responsible you will become, they ask snopdog about him not too much involved in east Westcoast things, he said you no I have family and I have to be responsible, and they don't have family and they don't want to be responsible, I don't know how your parents will Kup with this, stealing SUV that belongs to POLICE CID or BNI just think about that, no responsible person will do what you did, 2014, 2015, 2016 you bought a car, and 2017 you stole SUV, dead man don't eat, John Dumelo.
You just lack common sense like Dumelo, must he keep something which belongs to the state for no reason? If he could afford it then y did he accept that car claiming it was given to her by Lordina and yet was going to change the colour and tempor with the chasis number. grow up and think befor commenting
Childish! It doesn't matter if you bought a thousand cars after that. We are talking about one particular state car in your possession.That aside you don't even remember the person you bought the car from? "I bought the car from somebody" Please come again.Just keep quiet.
WELL SAID JOHN, THEY ARE CONFUSED. THEY HAVE REALIZED THEIR FOLLY. NOW FIGHTING WITH OBRONYE OR WHAT EVER THE NAME IS. CONFUSED GOVERNMENT WITH DUMMY SUPPORTERS HAHAHAHAHAHA
In 2010 I bought a car, 2011 I bought another car, 2013 I bought another one, in 2015 I bought another one, so it’s something that I can afford. So when this happened, I said let them take it because of course they were going around saying ‘we will seize your car’. ...It’s a car, I let it go. You can have an accident tomorrow and the car is damaged, so after all I said: ‘To hell with it’, I bought myself a new car and moved on.” You see??? you bought all these your so called cars at the time NDC was in government.th1ef
after open disgrace, now that you know you have money to buy v8, sahme
Who CARES....! You can go to Hell!
John all these are not important, can't you keep quite and go on with your life....enough is enough your are trying to create enemies for yourself without any reason
thiefman. this is exactly what any th1.ef that is been caught will say. u were with a stolen govt vehicle just accept it. opportunist!
Phoolishness and immaturity is wat is making you behave like a lunattic