Former President John Mahama has been sternly warned to refrain from taking the revered chiefs, imams, and pastors in the country to the cleaners without provocation.

The presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been in the news for bad reasons lately following his unprovoked attacks on pastors, chiefs, and imams.

Sounding the caution, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, aka ‘Napo’, the vice presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), said Mahama’s attacks were borne out of frustration.

According to him, Mahama is walking around and unjustifiably labeling chiefs, pastors, and imams as hypocrites “simply because they have granted my appeal for prayers and support.”

Napo said, “Mr. Mahama has realized that the NDC has no chance of winning the presidential and parliamentary elections, so he (Mahama) has directed his frustration and anger at innocent people.

“John Mahama shouldn’t turn his frustration on chiefs, the clergy, imams, and others because they have not offended him,” Napo said during a campaign tour speaking in Ofoase in the Juaben constituency on Thursday, September 19, 2024.

He said, “John Mahama knows that the battle ahead of him and his NDC is arduous, so he is picking quarrels with chiefs, imams, and pastors for no reason,” adding, “I’ll continue to beg for the support of chiefs, imams, and pastors.”

“If I beg chiefs, imams, and pastors for their blessings, support, and direction to help the NPP, I think it’s in the right direction,” he said and asked, “Should my humble approach cause anger in anybody?” and the crowd retorted, “No.”

Napo said clearly John Mahama’s weird behavior shows that he doesn’t respect chiefs, imams, and pastors, “so, I’m appealing to you not to vote for John Mahama and his NDC on December 7.”

The NPP vice presidential candidate stated that he will continue to seek the blessings of chiefs in particular for their support, blessings, direction, and permission before he starts to campaign in their areas.

“We know the lands belong to our respected chiefs, so I will continue to seek Nananom’s permission before we start our house-to-house campaigns on their lands because I respect our chiefs,” Napo indicated.