Opinions of Wednesday, 2 April 2014

Columnist: Tagoe, Charles Nii Teiko

I Apologise To Kwabena Agyepong But ...

.... HIS BOYS SHOULD STOP INSULTING AKUFO-ADDO

I wish to apologise to Kwabena Agyepong, Nana Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party for the unfortunate words with which I reacted to Kwabena Agyepong at Nana Addo's house when the aspiring General Secretary refused to greet me in a line of people. I felt very humiliated not just by his refusal to greet me but his response when I tried to draw his attention to it. His response that I shouldn't draw his attention to it because he didn’t have to greet me, was what got me to shout back at him that he was an arrogant this and that. I am sorry for losing my cool.

But, I will also ask Mr Kwabena Agyepong, who is aspiring to be the General Secretary of the NPP, to tell the Communications Director of his campaign, Davis Opoku Ansah (alias OPK) to stop insulting Nana Akufo-Addo.

It was this same OPK who put out to the media yesterday that I attacked Kwabena Agyepong at Nana Akufo-Addo’s residence.

Their hatred for Nana Akufo-Addo only betrays what some of fear they would do if the get hold of this party.

I do not begrudge OPK to still see Alan Kyerematen as the candidate for the NPP. After all, Alan has every right to contest and he has behaved as a gentleman during all this back and forth with party elections.

Also, I do not take anything away from OPK to think that Kwabena Agyepong becoming the General Secretary will assist that difficult task. But, some of us will not take kindly to OPK claiming he loves the NPP and yet continues to pour insults on the man the majority of NPP love, Nana Akufo-Addo.

This afternoon, I chanced upon a chat thread between OPK and another party member between 1:20pm and 3:06.

In this very disturbing WhatsApp discussion this same OPK described Nana Akufo-Addo as “an old dwarf”.

He called Nana Akufo-Addo “a damaged commodity.”

He was asked, “How can you say Nana Addo is a damaged commodity”?

His reply: There is nothing we can do with him.”

Why?

He answered: “Tweaa Akufo-Addo.”

Is it mere hatred, he was asked.

He replied: “Hatred for the old dwarf??”

Davis, why are u people doing that?

He responded, “Doing what?”

Destroying the fortunes of the party, he was told.

He shot back: “What fortunes?”

Of winning power. 2016.

He hit back: “Look Nana Addo can’t wins elections in Ghana SIMPLICITA”

This was a conversation between two NPP people: OPK, Kwabena Agyepong’s right hand man and a party loyalist, whose identity I will protect for now.

……signed……

Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe