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A Special Assistant to the Minister of Trade, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has fired a salvo at the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) warning them not to even dream up the idea of embarking on a campaign of doing a comparison between their flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and President John Evans Atta Mills. To him, President Mills has more integrity and persona than the NPP�s flagbearer. The NDC, he says, has a store-room full of nefarious acts committed by the erstwhile NPP government and they (NDC) will not stop at publicizing them should they (NPP) dare step on the NDCs toes in the 2012 electioneering campaign. Clearly vexed by the NPPs continuous usage of �greedy bastards�, a term first used by ex-president Rawlings to describe members of the Mills administration, Felix Kwakye sought to ask from the host, �What is worse, having a greedy bastard who cannot be jailed and a convicted drug baron supporting one�s campaign team?� �Bobie, if they say someone is a greedy bastard can you imprison that person?...Can you equate that to Akufo-Addo who has been linked with drug barons? (Obviously, greedy bastards) pales in significance to Amfo Kwakye (one-time Personal Assistant to Nana Addo) who was busted and jailed for drug trafficking. What is more serious than his (Nana Akufo-Addo�s) association with drug barons?� he asked. Contributing to a panel discussion on AsempaFM�s Political talk-show programme dubbed �Ekosii sen�, he recalled the infamous statement by the Economist, Kwame Pianim that �with the exception of Professor Frimpong Boateng, any idiot can be a flagbearer,� and stated that per Mr. Pianim�s assertion, �Akufo Addo is perhaps part of the idiots.� �Taking into consideration things said about Nana Addo, do you think he can be used as bait to catch fish?...I don�t think these are the messages the NPP will use in their campaign. Because if push comes to shove, the NDC has a room full of misdeeds by the NPP�Even Former President Kufuor recently confessed that he felt embarrassed when Nana Addo arrogantly decided to contest the results of the 2008 General Elections in court�check ghanaweb, the story is there it�s no fabrication,� he said. Ex-President Kufuor recently disclosed that if he ever had an issue with the party�s flagbearer, it would be when Nana Addo took a decision to contest the results of the 2008 elections in court. Mr Kufuor told AdomFM that he believed the timing of the court action was wrong and that Nana Addo should have allowed the election results to hold.