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Former President Rawlings is under some kind of spell, this is according to a member of the NDC communications team, Alhaji Halidu Haruna. According to him, the ex-president has on several platforms contradicted himself which in his opinion is an indication that Jerry Rawlings �is not in the natural.� Alhaji Haruna thus told Bismark Brown of Breakfast TV and the viewing public, especially NDC supporters to pray for Mr. Rawlings. He said, �Listening to Jerry Rawlings and knowing him the way he was in the past, there is a bit of difference and I have come to the conclusion that every NDC member, those of us who pray five times a day should pray for Jerry Rawlings and those who go to church should also pray.� �I believe that the man is not doing this out of... if I should say natural; that he doesn�t know exactly what he is doing. I suspect that he is under some kind of spell. That is my suspicion,� he added. Surprised by Alhaji Haruna�s utterance, Bismark sought to find out under which circumstances he was basing his conclusion on, and who was responsible for the spell which he claimed had been cast on the former president. Bismark asked, �From whom and by whom?� �Who did he go to endorse?� he questioned. �His wife of course!� Bismark interjected. �So? That is my suspicion,� he indicated. �That you suspect that Nana Konadu has cast a spell on Mr Rawlings?� Bismark Brown further asked. �I am saying that, that is what I believe in� �Are you suggesting that Mr Rawlings doesn�t have a mind of his own today? Mr Rawlings has spoken his mind ever since but today he doesn�t have the ...� Alhaji Haruna quickly supported his claim with occurrences in the Bible and Qur'an and present day life, where Jesus, the Prophet Mohammed and men of God were spiritually attacked. He explained that, �Even men of God, witches have succeeded in attacking them. Not to talk of Jerry Rawlings. Prophets that God sent, Prophet Mohammed was attacked by witches.� Bismark Brown who still expressed shock at Alhaji Haruna�s comments said, �I hope you are not calling anybody a witch.� Alhaji Haruna further explained that, �I am saying that if it has happened to men of God, Jerry Rawlings is not and cannot exonerate himself. Even if men of God who are spiritually inclined suffered this kind of situation, this should tell us human beings that we must be spiritually strong.� �The man says that the NDC is afraid to go into opposition and he says that the fear is based on the fact that the NDC people are afraid of injustice. The same person said the NDC government is corrupt. So somebody who is corrupt denied the good people of this country monies that were supposed to be used for developmental activities, goes into opposition and another government decides to take the matter up and punish them, is this injustice. If I commit a crime and the state decides to punish me is it injustice? So do you see the confusion?� Alhaji Haruna based his argument on the recent pronouncements of the former President who had endorsed President Mahama in Ho and his recent stance that the NDC lacked integrity, thus his support for the NDP of which his wife is the flagbearer. �Have you ever seen somebody who upheld the principles of integrity play political �maradona�? You endorse a different party and say that you will not leave a party which you disagree with. Don�t you see confusion? �I am not saying that Rawlings doesn�t have integrity. But I�m saying that he�s been blindfolded and that�s why.� Alhaji Haruna further asserted that the former president was under witchcraft attacks, noting that, �I am certain by that and I am not ready to waver from that.� Bismark Brown who was still at this point overwhelmed by Alhaji Haruna�s statements asked, �At what stage did you realise that the spell was working?� He answered: �At the stage where logic doesn�t work any longer, at the stage where principle doesn�t work any longer, at the stage where people think that after even 19 years we are still not satisfied and we believe that we are the only people or group of people that should be leading this country. That is the stage where I have come to actually understand that no, something is wrong somewhere.� Making reference to the meeting that Jerry John Rawlings had with the flagbearer of the NPP, Nana Akuffo Addo, Alhaji Haruna noted that, �You think Jerry Rawlings as we know him in this country would have engaged in these things just like that? Jerry is a smart person and I am telling you that something is wrong and I don�t believe that Jerry is doing it with his clean eyes. That is my belief and that is my suspicion.�