Posted on: www.dailyguideghana.com
By William Yaw Owusu
Tuesday June 14, 2011.
It appears the myth surrounding Ex-President Flt. Lt. JJ Rawlings founder of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the party is broken.
Since his wife, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings declared her intention to contest President John Evan Atta Mills in the impending delegates congress that will select a flagbearer for the party in 2012, the former President has not relented in his bid to run down the government and has said NDC will lose the election if President Mills is retained as the flagbearer.
As a result, more and more members within the ruling party continue to challenge the Ex-President accusing him of making unsubstantiated allegations against President Mills and some of the government appointees.
First, it was Allotey Jacobs aka ‘educated fisherman’ followed by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa a Deputy Minister of Information and many others who called the bluff of Mr. Rawlings but Managing Editor of the Al-Hajj newspaper, Alhaji Iddrisu Bature has gone a step further, threatening to strip the former President naked if he continues to ‘bash’ President Mills.
According to Alhaji Bature of Radio Gold’s Alhaji & Alhaji fame he is privy to some ‘very sensitive’ as well as ‘damaging information’ about the NDC founder who he said if released could lead to him (Rawlings) being so humiliated.
He said “the last vestige of respect Rawlings holds in the public eye will be quickly eroded” and added that if he is to disclose the kind of information at his disposal, former President Rawlings will not be able to walk on the streets of Accra again or hold his head high in public.
Alhaji Bature was reacting to comments made by Kofi Adams, an Aide for the Rawlingses questioning his (Alhaji Bature’s) integrity as a member of the NDC.
Kofi Adams had referred to the “Al-Hajj” newspaper Managing Editor as a “sycophant” and a journalist whose bread is buttered by the Mills-Mahama administration.
Mr. Adam also recently on a radio programme had told Kwesi Pratt Junior, Managing Editor of Insight and an unofficial spokesman of the NDC similar things with the latter getting offended by the comment.
Speaking to Alhassan Suhyini on Radio Gold, Alhaji Bature warned Kofi Adams to be mindful of his utterances and careful about the choice of words he uses to describe him (Bature) when reacting to issues regarding the Rawlingses.
“There’s a lot of information I am suppressing, but if people like Kofi Adams push some of us and we come out to disclose them, his boss will not be able to work on the streets (again). We are suppressing all that information for the unity, progress and growth of NDC; but if Kofi Adams keeps calling us blackmailers or sycophants, we may be forced to come out,” he warned.
“…don’t attack my personality, I have my integrity and reputation so whatever I publish, I have evidence that can be verified,” he added.
Alhaji Bature claimed that the reason why Mr. Rawlings is always at the beck and call of his spouse, Nana Konadu, is because the former First Lady had placed a request somewhere in 2005 for a divorce.
According to him, the ex-President, in a bid to prevent the wife from carrying out her desire for divorce has virtually become a “slave” and a pawn in the hands of his wife.
“I just advertised that we were coming out last Tuesday on the reason why Nana Konadu is holding Rawlings captive. This is because Nana Konadu wanted a divorce from Rawlings in 2005 but I have withheld that information for now, so if the Rawlingses think they are the people with the highest integrity then we will also come out and let the world see the ugly side of the Rawlingses,” he forewarned.
“He (Rawlings) should stop calling people greedy and criminals because he is not clean as well,” Alhaji Bature added.
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