Politics of Tuesday, 16 April 2019Source: www.ghanaweb.com‘Intolerant’ and ‘vindictive’ Akufo-Addo wants to gag us - Asiedu NketiahJohnson Asiedu NketiahGeneral Secretary of the opposition party, National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has described the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as an intolerant and vindictive person who wants to gag the opposition party. “The president, fully aware that he cannot fulfill the legion of utopian campaign promises made to Ghanaians, the President has devised a scheme to use malicious prosecutions of NDC functionaries to curry favour with the electorate,” Asiedu Nketiah stated in a statement to GhanaWeb. “We wish to condemn in no uncertain terms, the politically-motivated persecution of our officials, cynically disguised as lawful prosecution. Mr Asiedu Nketiah, however, stated in the statement that the NDC will take every reasonable step to assert the innocence of its members and insist on respect for their fundamental human rights. “We demand fair and lawful treatment for all our members and an immediate end to this harassment.

Source: GhanaWeb April 16, 2019 05:37 UTC