The ‘Crown’ That May Not Fit

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ASHKENAZI 11 years ago

IF YOU HAVE REALLY READ THE STORY OF MACBETH, YOU WOULD HAVE ATTRIBUTED THAT TITLE TO ILLUSIONIST AKUFO ADO. FIRST HE RECEIVED A PROPHESY OF AN ELECTION THAT WOULD BE RUN TWICE AND WITHOUT LOOKING FOR PROPER INTERPRETATION AN ...
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IF YOU HAVE REALLY READ THE STORY OF MACBETH, YOU WOULD HAVE ATTRIBUTED THAT TITLE TO ILLUSIONIST AKUFO ADO. FIRST HE RECEIVED A PROPHESY OF AN ELECTION THAT WOULD BE RUN TWICE AND WITHOUT LOOKING FOR PROPER INTERPRETATION AND MEANING CONCLUDED THAT THE TWO MEANT A RUN-OFF INSTEAD OF TWO DAYS. NEXT HE WAS GIVEN DIRECTIONS TO FOLLOW INCLUDING A SUDDEN FUNFARE TRIP TO ISRAEL, A SUDDEN CALLING OF THANKSGIVING SERVICE EVEN BEFORE ELECTIONS WERE HELD, AND A VISIT TO JERRY RAWLINGS AND SUDDENLY WITHOUT EVEN BECOMING A CHRISTIAN, THIS ATHEIST WAS PRETENDING TO BE ONE. YOU SEE GOD IS NEVER MOCKED. MACBETH NEVER KNEW THAT MACDOFF WAS NOT NATURALLY BORN OF WOMAN SO HE HELD ON TO THE PROPHESY THAT NO MAN BORN OF WOMAN WOULD EVER DEFEAT HIM AND SO DID AKUFO ADDO. NEVER UNTIL PRESENT TIME DID HE EVER ACCEPT THE DEFEAT BY PRESIDENT MILLS AND WAS PLAYING THE SAME COURT ISSUE AND DEDUCTION OF VOTES FROM NDC VOTES IN 2008 INCLUDING USING TRICKS SUCH AS PICKING UP DEAD BODIES SMEARED WITH BLOOD TO PROVE ELECTORAL FRAUD THEN. WELL IT DIOD NOT WORK AND HE IS PLAYING OUT THE SAME TRICK NOW. EVEN WHEN THE WOODS OF BANNERMAN ROSE UP TO WALK HE WAS STILL HOLDING ON TO PROPHESY OF WITCHES.
KOFI, DO YOU CHERISH THIS NWIAMU ABAN 11 years ago

With NDC back to power, Wayomi is free and free forever. He shared his booty among NDC leaders and fears no prosecutionn now that they are back to power. He is even fighting for the position of a finance minister. Waow!!! Gha ...
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With NDC back to power, Wayomi is free and free forever. He shared his booty among NDC leaders and fears no prosecutionn now that they are back to power. He is even fighting for the position of a finance minister. Waow!!! Ghana.
MATHS @MARS 11 years ago

The main argument of the Adreba Kwaku Abrefa Damoa; (London,UK) is that because Nana Akufo Addo promised SHS and JDM did not, Nana akufo Addo should be elected. What argument and to add fuel to fire, he puts his name as writi ...
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The main argument of the Adreba Kwaku Abrefa Damoa; (London,UK) is that because Nana Akufo Addo promised SHS and JDM did not, Nana akufo Addo should be elected. What argument and to add fuel to fire, he puts his name as writing from London. Is it because of free SHS that you believe Akufo Addo should have won the elections? Ghanaians are wise know fully well it was out of desperation Mr. Akufo Addo made a promise he has no intention of fulfulling. A bit more Akufo Addo would have promised free sex to Ghanaians. This however will never happen. The crown wil fit well on the head of JDM. It would not fit as well on the head of Akufo Addo.
van-london 11 years ago

Rather boring and 'poor in logic'.

Rather boring and 'poor in logic'.
Repugnant. 11 years ago

You guys misled Akuffo Addo into believing he had won the election on the internet until he drowned, so what are these aretological upheavals about? Good Ghanaians must renounce this foolishness. We have a country to build in ...
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You guys misled Akuffo Addo into believing he had won the election on the internet until he drowned, so what are these aretological upheavals about? Good Ghanaians must renounce this foolishness. We have a country to build in our lifetime, and this post independent birthed president deserve our sincere proding and not our backbiting. We Ghanaians know who the real thieves are, let us all begin to free our minds from these emotive nonsense.
... 11 years ago

Fools like these are the ones Nana Addo should hold responsible for his defeat.Idiots like you abrefa got Nana Addo to believe the election had already been won by him.Nonsense,get over it sucker!

Fools like these are the ones Nana Addo should hold responsible for his defeat.Idiots like you abrefa got Nana Addo to believe the election had already been won by him.Nonsense,get over it sucker!
Kwaku 11 years ago

What makes the writer think that Ghanaians who are very discerning believed Nana Addo and his Free SHS? It is unbelievable this notion that NPP hold that Ghanaians voted for Nana Addo to be President, only for John Mahama to ...
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What makes the writer think that Ghanaians who are very discerning believed Nana Addo and his Free SHS? It is unbelievable this notion that NPP hold that Ghanaians voted for Nana Addo to be President, only for John Mahama to take the throne. Please realise that Ghanaians voted massively for JDM. I am not a fan of the NDC party but I voted for JDM to become President. And writer, remember this "there is no free lunch" hence the supposedly Free SHS would have turned out to be a nightmare for Ghanaians. Not every Ghanaian wants free things because in the end it will cost more.
Faried 11 years ago

Your excellency, linguist par excellence, famed conspiracy theorist, Knight of the British Empire: I beg your pardon sir! Don't start any fires in Ghana you can't put out. If you have any evidence to the heinous crimes you al ...
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Your excellency, linguist par excellence, famed conspiracy theorist, Knight of the British Empire: I beg your pardon sir! Don't start any fires in Ghana you can't put out. If you have any evidence to the heinous crimes you allude to, please refer them to Interpol from the comfort of UK abode. Simpler people like me remember what happened in places like Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Somalia and Zaire/Congo ... Destroyers are a dime a dozen. Ghana needs builders like you Sir.
A GERSIS MOTHER !! 11 years ago

UnFoRtUnately, there are millions of NDC faithfuls who don't care for the truth. Well written article, God bless U.

UnFoRtUnately, there are millions of NDC faithfuls who don't care for the truth. Well written article, God bless U.
Eric 11 years ago

Pure illusionist, mind your facts and figures because this era of the WWW people are wise and can not easily be misled, Please be a patri otic Ghanaian but not a partizan

Pure illusionist, mind your facts and figures because this era of the WWW people are wise and can not easily be misled, Please be a patri otic Ghanaian but not a partizan
Johnson Adjei 11 years ago

Stay in your fox hole and let sleeping dogs lie.Your bonehead logic will not transform any sensible person to understand your demented accesment.Why not come back to Ghana and see the truth.You did not vote,your words carry ...
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Stay in your fox hole and let sleeping dogs lie.Your bonehead logic will not transform any sensible person to understand your demented accesment.Why not come back to Ghana and see the truth.You did not vote,your words carry no weight,an empty barrel with no sense.You have no vote let Ghanaians who voted have peace.London UK my ASSSSSSSSSS.Loser.
KOMLA AGBELI 11 years ago

WANTED: A REAL LEADER FOR GHANA
Today is, indeed, a sad day for mother Ghana! Thieves, 'dzimakplawo' and babies with teeth have, in collaboration with that Afari Djan's electoral commission have intervened in our democratic ...
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WANTED: A REAL LEADER FOR GHANA
Today is, indeed, a sad day for mother Ghana! Thieves, 'dzimakplawo' and babies with teeth have, in collaboration with that Afari Djan's electoral commission have intervened in our democratic process. The result is an imposition of crooks on the country.
CONGRATS, the people's Nana Akufo Addo. Rejoice for the last chapters of the 2012 elections are still yet to be written.
Personally, I don't have much hope in the Supreme Court being given the free hand to go over the NPP challenge and make an informed determination. The international pressure on the Supreme court is so huge.
It is in view of the latter point that I must agree with all true democrats and peace lovers who have the courage to criticize the ill-informed, and unwise statement coming from the mouth of the current chairman of the AU. Given his position as AU chair, this guy should have known better and demonstrated some basic leadership qualities. But then again...
As we mourn the travesty that this inauguration is, I join other democratic and peace loving Ghanaians in congratulating perhaps the most visionary leader since Kwame Nkrumah that Ghana may never have to lead us!
Captain Canada 11 years ago

The most visionary leader? You re having a laugh. What makes Akuffo Addo a visionary? Making Ghana into a concaine haven? Using people like you to discredit the electoral process and the supreme court? Perhaps that's what you ...
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The most visionary leader? You re having a laugh. What makes Akuffo Addo a visionary? Making Ghana into a concaine haven? Using people like you to discredit the electoral process and the supreme court? Perhaps that's what you mean. Or you don't really know the meaning of the word. You and your lot need to go back to your holes hand hide for being an embarassment to the country and the world. Free SHS is not visionary. It was a gimmick to buy votes. The ordinary guy saw through it. Your pirates from the Ashanti/eastern region and their National Pillagers Party lost. And for a very good reason. The people saw through your facade.
TROUBLE-MAKER 11 years ago

The poor guy could have conceded defeat and retire from politics with his head held high to retain his reputation.
Unfortunately,you IDIOTS misled the poor guy in believing that going to court could reversed the results in h ...
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The poor guy could have conceded defeat and retire from politics with his head held high to retain his reputation.
Unfortunately,you IDIOTS misled the poor guy in believing that going to court could reversed the results in his favour.
I guess the Supreme Court judges were all there yesterday to see Mahama inaugurated.Let`s see what happen next when they return to the court room.
The CROWN has fitted firmly and in place for the next F-O-U-R Years. Get over it,will you?
Kobby Kay 11 years ago

Every idiot can write an article in a democracy. STUPIDITY AT ITS BEST.......

Every idiot can write an article in a democracy. STUPIDITY AT ITS BEST.......
Kwadwo 11 years ago

Keep up the good work. Very creative

Keep up the good work. Very creative
Kokroko 11 years ago

Does this write up make sense? Even the words chosen are bizarre and used out of context. This is not coommunication at its best! Poor author!

Does this write up make sense? Even the words chosen are bizarre and used out of context. This is not coommunication at its best! Poor author!
oldtimo 11 years ago

Mr. Abrefa Damoah's writing is worth reading, especially if outside Ghana and have some goat-meat soup with fufu/gari/samolina and London-brand Gordon Gin above in the stomach. Most important for a patriotic Ghanaian in over ...
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Mr. Abrefa Damoah's writing is worth reading, especially if outside Ghana and have some goat-meat soup with fufu/gari/samolina and London-brand Gordon Gin above in the stomach. Most important for a patriotic Ghanaian in overseas is to pray and not to instigate riot after an Electoral Commissioner has declared a winner in an election. I hope people are learning from the host countries they are in about "Democracy". Why go to the Supreme Court if there is no trust in government officials? Please show a better and polished side of your experience in UK and write to encourage the respect of laws in Ghana when you are sober. I always wake up in the morning to pray for people that makes it possible for easier access to Ghanaian foods in overseas (grocery store owners) and the freedom of speech we enjoy in developed nations. Ghana should develop also with fair criticisms.
Ghanaweb, thank you for allowing good but senseless writers to expose their "in-born" characters that cannot be changed for loosing a fight.
If Mr. Damoa is aged enough, he will remember that Ghanaians have enjoyed free education from Kindergarten through University levels and beyond to Mass-education. Even Mass-education created jobs for students that taught elders how to sigh their signatures and few reading. John Mahama is crowned the President of Ghana. Done. Is Over. Learn how to compromise and raise funds to pay for Akufo Addo's financial loss. You can denounce your citizenship if you are against Ghana's Constitution. Get over it!
Nana Akua 11 years ago

Kwaku God bless you, you have said it all. We live to see. Mahama will live to regre together with afari gyan, let's all wait and see. God is a God of justice and the crown will be given back to the right person.

Kwaku God bless you, you have said it all. We live to see. Mahama will live to regre together with afari gyan, let's all wait and see. God is a God of justice and the crown will be given back to the right person.
ADWOA OGUASE 11 years ago

You must be living in a DREAMLAND....

You must be living in a DREAMLAND....
Nana Yaw III 11 years ago

Mr. Abrefa Damoa,

As I read through your article, I kept asking myself, where does this man live? You sign your name with London (UK) attached, but my impressions are that you live in a secluded room in London, where your ...
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Mr. Abrefa Damoa,

As I read through your article, I kept asking myself, where does this man live? You sign your name with London (UK) attached, but my impressions are that you live in a secluded room in London, where your only communication with the external world is established through some half-cooked, one-sided and skewed information handed you (recorded or on sheets of paper) by your jailer. This is the only way I can understand your article, because any person who lives in liberty, has access to internet, and is armed with an analytical and objective mind, will never write the things you wrote in the article above.

Your article is a shameful one and lacks so much common sense that in principle should not be countered. But at times, it is important for comments to be made on such articles, so that in case you come around to read the reactions of readers, you may learn to tone down your language, be less biased in your analysis, and contribute to the development of the nation you claim to love.

If you had any self-respect left in you, the best to do if you ever come back to this page to read your own article, is to retract the unsavoury and disgustful remarks you made about the death of the former President. You can stand against the ideologies or policies of people but please do not stoop so low as to make some of us ask whether you are human or not.

For your information, Nana Addo filed a petition at the Supreme Court on the 28th of December and the case is going through its normal course. In the said petition the petitioner could not prove that the so-called rigging (or massaging) was a thing done to add votes to Mahama and subtract votes from Nana Addo. He (Nana Addo) prayed the Supreme Court to deduct votes from all presidential candidates (including himself) as shown in the table below:

(1) John Dramani Mahama: 916,409;
(2) Henry Herbert Lartey: 6,413;
(3) Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo: 395,784;
(4) Papa Kwesi Nduom: 8,778;
(5) Akwasi Addai Odike: 2,544;
(6) Hassan Ayariga: 5,956;
(7) Michael Abu Sakara Forster: 3,166;
(8) Jacob Osei Yeboah: 3,795.

What you should know is that the arguments used to arrive at the above figures are as challengeable as Nana Addo considers the electoral results. I have read the petition, and can assure you that the mathematics used in working these numbers are of very doubtful logic. For instance, the issue of over-votes did not factor in the special-voting votes. And that of votes cast without biometric verification is a legal issue that has to be decided by the Supreme Court. Should the judges decide that those votes are not valid their number one recommendation will be a re-vote in the polling stations so affected; for, the judges will never disenfranchise some 500,000 voters for no error on their part. When this is done do you honestly think that those who voted in favour of Mahama will now prefer Akufo-Addo?

Some further points to note:

We heard accusations of Mahama’s connivance with Afari Gyan to turn the wind in favour of Mahama, but in the petition, there was no single accusation to that effect.

All accusations of fraud prior to the presentation of the writ have now metamorphosed to irregularities.

Your peers failed to sum properly in an official writ to the highest court of the land when they said the total number of valid votes cast was 14, 158,880.

The same people, after drawing a simple two-columned table to tabulate instances of irregularities and votes, failed to properly sum 23 figures. They came up with 1,342,851 votes instead of 1,343,047.

I will love to continue, but my thoughts on the petition will come in an article. Thanks
Adongo 11 years ago

Insidious, clandestine glib and surrespitious attention-seeking chaff. These little bush monkeys never seize to amaze some of us.
Who is this damoa fooling?
Do these primitive tribal jungle fakes really belong in civilized ...
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Insidious, clandestine glib and surrespitious attention-seeking chaff. These little bush monkeys never seize to amaze some of us.
Who is this damoa fooling?
Do these primitive tribal jungle fakes really belong in civilized society? I'll be damned.

Adongo
Adongo 11 years ago

Correction: Read: "surreptitious"
Adongo.

Correction: Read: "surreptitious"
Adongo.
jim 11 years ago

Time and time again I have said that it is pity to be African.Please take note that I am not under rating the class called African but the point that I wish to make is that our classroom education seems to have taught nothing ...
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Time and time again I have said that it is pity to be African.Please take note that I am not under rating the class called African but the point that I wish to make is that our classroom education seems to have taught nothing, absolutely nothing.I very well remember a late friend of mine who never sat in classroom had to tell me that, do I know it is the booklong people who have destroyed this country just for their personal interest.

I now tend to agree very well with him. Because if you lived in a society where adults, about five and more can gather at one place tell lies and knowing very well that what they are telling the whole world are lies and not one of them can be bold enough to tell the others they should stop telling those lies then you would understand why it is pity to be an African.

You see somebody like the writer herein can be classfied as an educated person by all standard. But then you ask what is the use of the education he is got.

The writr does not care for the truth and will not ask questions to know the truth. All that he cares for is me, mine and myslf and nothing else.

It is a pity to be African, no be so.
Acostic Dat 11 years ago

May de true come out sooner. God is watching

May de true come out sooner. God is watching
PINKBLUE 11 years ago

NPP ARE JUST SORE LOSERS.

NPP ARE JUST SORE LOSERS.
Whatever 11 years ago

When I started reading this article, I thought I could make sense out it but halfway through its glance, I stopped because I couldn't make any sense out of it. Its Purely its purely itemised venomous CONJECTURE which is total ...
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When I started reading this article, I thought I could make sense out it but halfway through its glance, I stopped because I couldn't make any sense out of it. Its Purely its purely itemised venomous CONJECTURE which is totally out of place
Captain Canada 11 years ago

This article is all one needs to conclude that the NPP and its supporters are a bunch of uneducated louts and simpletons. If you believe the promise of free SHS is all that was needed to win the election, then you sir need a ...
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This article is all one needs to conclude that the NPP and its supporters are a bunch of uneducated louts and simpletons. If you believe the promise of free SHS is all that was needed to win the election, then you sir need a remedial class on what ails Ghana. Your tribal instincts has overwritten any semblance of intellect. You have been reduced to a parroting gagfish. Nothing you wrote is even closer to the truth. Hiding behind myths, fantasies and innuendoes you accuse Mahama of stealing the election. When it is mathematically impossible for the NPP to have won. One wonders what sort of work you do in the UK with such illogical and porous mindset.
yaak 11 years ago

VERY WICKED, HEARTLESS AND CONSCIENCELESS ARTICLE. YOU WERE RAISED LIKE THIS? BY WH? AND WHERE?

VERY WICKED, HEARTLESS AND CONSCIENCELESS ARTICLE. YOU WERE RAISED LIKE THIS? BY WH? AND WHERE?
sylvanus 11 years ago

you are a very evil person to concort such a story. Shame to you and this piece of article.

you are a very evil person to concort such a story. Shame to you and this piece of article.
Gman 11 years ago

The Narcotic Peddlers Party and that coc sniffer and wee smoker lost the elections. Mahama won it free and clear. This writer and all the others like him will languish in opposition forever. Ghanaians are more politically mat ...
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The Narcotic Peddlers Party and that coc sniffer and wee smoker lost the elections. Mahama won it free and clear. This writer and all the others like him will languish in opposition forever. Ghanaians are more politically mature than you think. This coc sniffer will never be president of Ghana. Mahama is the president whether you like it or not.
Jake 11 years ago

How can anyone compare an arrogant coc sniffer Akufo Addo to Mahama? Mahama is a perfect gentleman and always presidential. Akufo Addo, an arrogant coc sniffer and wee smoker. No brainer. Because of people like this writer a ...
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How can anyone compare an arrogant coc sniffer Akufo Addo to Mahama? Mahama is a perfect gentleman and always presidential. Akufo Addo, an arrogant coc sniffer and wee smoker. No brainer. Because of people like this writer and thiefman tribalistic Kufour, NPP is damaged beyond repairs. You have no idea. Ghanaians are more determined than ever to keep NPP in opposition forever. Not even your tribal folks at the Supreme Court can save you. Mahama won and that coc sniffer lost. That is the way it is going to be. Mahama will rule Ghana for the next eight years. He already won the 2016 elections!!!
Joe 11 years ago

Nana Addo is the thief because after Kuffour the eight years will pass before the NPP can smell power so they should just rest if there is a thief it is NANA Addo not John Mahama

Nana Addo is the thief because after Kuffour the eight years will pass before the NPP can smell power so they should just rest if there is a thief it is NANA Addo not John Mahama
Captain Canada 11 years ago

With all the whining and gyrations from the NPP, one is force to conclude Ghana really dodged the bullet after this election. The National Pillagers Party of the Ashantis was stopped in its tracks before it can revisit the sh ...
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With all the whining and gyrations from the NPP, one is force to conclude Ghana really dodged the bullet after this election. The National Pillagers Party of the Ashantis was stopped in its tracks before it can revisit the shame it brought on the nation under Kuffour. The zeal with which they are pushing to destroy the country's reputation speak volumes of what they had in store for Ghana. It seems they owe a lot to some people and will stop at nothing to get their hands on the coffers of the country. The concaine barons were also waiting for their share of the loot. Unfortunately the Pirates from the Ashanti region were stopped in their tracks. Bravo to the people of Ghana for standing up to this brood of pillagers.
Captain Canada 11 years ago

scream electoral fraud. This hokum writer was predicting Akuffo Addo's victory way before the election. Now suffering cognitive dissonance, he can't bring himself to admit he was wrong. This fake high priest had invested his ...
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scream electoral fraud. This hokum writer was predicting Akuffo Addo's victory way before the election. Now suffering cognitive dissonance, he can't bring himself to admit he was wrong. This fake high priest had invested his ego in his prediction and stand the risk of self destruction. Hey, Ashanti writer, we understand your predicament. You lied and cant bring yourself to admit you pulled your so called facts out of your ass hence your various twists. You, sir, have no prognosticating powers anymore than a dog on the streets of Baghdad. Stop these poor attempts to support your failed theories. You were wrong about the election and no amount of pitiful excuses will change that. You are an intellectual midget pretending to be a giant. You punch above your weight class and when you get thumped scream foul. You lost free and fairly and your vituperations are pathetic. You are simply bitter because you may have to pay back the money you took from the pillagers or have to do without the promises they made to you.

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