Politics of Wednesday, 19 June 2013

Source: Daily Guide

Sack ‘traitor’ Kofi Adams – NDP Guru

Joseph Bediako, a leading member of the National Democratic Party (NDP), has labeled spokesperson for the Rawlingses, Kofi Adams as a traitor.

He consequently charged the former first family to sack him.

Mr. Bediako said Kofi Adams’s hypocrisy led to the disqualification of NDP, formed by former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, in the 2012 polls by the Electoral Commission (EC.)

He angrily threatened to stop offering services to the party if Kofi Adams is spared by the Rawlingses after his misconduct.

Bediako alleged that, Adams, then an insider of the newly-formed NDP, took steps to prevent the flagbearer from participating in the elections.

“Kofi Adams contributed from within to make sure that the NDP was disqualified by the EC last year,” the NDP guru told Ash FM, a radio station based in Kumasi.

“If the Rawlingses do not sack Kofi Adams I will not perform any NDP work.”

“I will not work for NDP if Kofi Adams is not sacked by the Rawlingses,” he vowed, stressing that but for Kofi Adams’ unfaithfulness and hypocrisy, the NDP would have participated in the 2012 polls.

Bediako criticized the Mahama administration for promoting corruption among its officials.

According to him, the NDC administration, since its assumption of office, has done nothing to improve the lives of the populace.

Touching on the Supreme Court case in which Nana Akufo-Addo and some NPP stalwarts are contesting the results of the 2012 presidential polls, Bediako stressed that the petitioners have a strong case.

He taunted NDC General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, who represented the President in court, for exposing his lack of knowledge about the case.

Bediako observed that Mr. Nketia, during cross-examination, fumbled on countless occasions and also struggled to even articulate his views in English, a situation that put the respondents in a tight corner.