Private legal practitioner and law lecturer, Justice Srem Sai, has accused President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of deliberately deflecting from the core issue that ought to be discussed around the controversial 'Agyapadie' book.

President Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, August 1, 2024, responded to the renewed discussions about the book, accusing his political opponents of orchestrating it.

During The Ghana Report Summit in Accra on Thursday, August 1, 2024, President Akufo-Addo addressed the 'Agyapadie' document as one of the fake news stories that have been circulated about him.

“In the run-up to the 2008, 2012, and 2016 presidential elections, I was a target of numerous false and malicious stories attacking my credibility and integrity. In 2008, baseless allegations of drug trafficking were spread, along with numerous rumours about my health intended to cast doubt on my ability to serve as President.

“Again, the 2012 election saw false reports of my alleged arrest in London for drug possession and fabricated quotes designed to stir ethnic tension. In 2016, it was alleged by sympathizers of the opposition that I had killed my late wife. Today, with a few months to the 2024 elections, they are at it again. The fabricated document entitled ‘Agyapadie’ is being spread around by operatives of the opposition as evidence of a grand scheme by my party to annex the assets of the state,” he recounted.

Responding to the statement by President Akufo-Addo, Justice Srem Sai said that President Akufo-Addo should have tackled the key question of how the book has become a document of prophecy about his administration.

He believes that the main issue should have been why the things predicted in the book are actually manifesting in Akufo-Addo’s administration.

“The least amount of critical thinking will lead us away from debating and haggling over HOW the Agyapadie book came into existence - whether it’s fabricated, conjured, minted, or brewed by whoever. Interestingly, however, that’s exactly where the President wants you to focus on. So, his speech was completely silent on the only thing worth focusing on - how his government ended up implementing the prescriptions in the book,” he said on X.

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