The family of the late Editor of the Al-Hajj Newspaper, Alhaji Bature Iddrisu, has cautioned detractors of former President John Dramani not to dig into the relationship that existed between their son and the Mahamas for cheap political points because they will fail.

According to them, the Mahamas, especially, former President John Dramani Mahama and his brother, Ibrahim Mahamas, were more than a blood relation to Alhaji Bature, noting that they showed love and commitment to the welfare of the late Al-Hajj newspaper until his demise.

“The contributions of His Excellency, John Dramani Mahamas; his brother Mr. Ibrahim Mahamas and the Mahamas family in general, from the day the late Alhaji Bature was admitted at the hospital, to the time of his death and its aftermath, are too great a virtue for the Iddrisu family to gross over.

We believe the Mahamas family came to the rescue of our late brother at the time he needed them most and the best way to reciprocate is to appreciate their kind gesture”.

” We don’t have the authority of the Mahamas family to make public their contributions to Alhaji Bature prior to his death, but if there was any creature on earth who took special interest in the upkeep of him while on admission at the hospital, it was the Mahama family”, a statement from the Iddrisu family signed signed by their spokesperson and News Editor of the Al-Hajj newspaper, Amos Blessing Amorse in part read.

Below is the full statement:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

07/01/2018

Bature’s family sets records straight on John Mahama’s absence at burial ceremony

The Iddrisu family is extremely scandalized by the inexorable attempts by some political entrepreneurs to score despicable political points with the sudden death of Alhaji Bature Iddrisu by launching unwarranted scathing attacks on former President John Dramani Mahama.

While we acknowledge the inherent rights of any person or group of persons to criticize the former President, we strongly object to crafty attempts to use the death of our late brother as fertile political grounds to sow seeds of political profiteering.

The contributions of His Excellency John Dramani Mahama; his brother, Mr Ibrahim Mahama and the Mahama family in general, from the day the late Alhaji Bature Iddrisu was admitted at the hospital, to the time of his death and its aftermath, are too great a virtue for the Iddrisu family to gross over. We believe the Mahama family came to the rescue of our late brother at the time he needed them most and the best way to reciprocate is to appreciate their kind gesture.

We don’t have the authority of the Mahama family to make public their contributions to Alhaji Bature prior to his death, but if there was any creature on earth who took a special interest in the upkeep of him while on admission at the hospital, it was the Mahama family.

For the records, the former President was in touch with us while in Techiman and indeed joined the Muslim community in Techiman zongo to observe jannaiza prayers prior to the burial of Alhaji Bature. A minute of silence was observed during the Unity Walk in Techiman in memory of the fallen Hero. The former President sent entourage led by Alhaji Collins Dauda and other NDC stalwarts to represent him at the burial ceremony due to his absence as a result of circumstances beyond his control.

It is awfully shocking that persons who never checked up on Alhaji Bature while on his sick bed and never showed up for his burial rites or called to check up on arrangements, are the ones demonizing those who singlehandedly stood by him in times of difficulty.

We are by this statement warning any person or group of persons who want to latch on Alhaji Bature’s death to settle political scores to desist from it immediately.

We have lost a national hero, and the best we can do to preserve his legacy and memory is to pray for his soul to rest in peace.

Amos Blessing Amorse

News Editor The aL-hAJJ/Spokesperson for the Iddrisu family