By William
Yaw Owusu
Wednesday
August 22, 2018
The National Organizer of the opposition National
Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams and other party activists, who are loyal
to John Mahama, have launched a blistering attack on Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament
and Member of Parliament (MP) for Nadowli Kaleo, Alban Sumani Kingsford Bagbin
for daring to criticize the former president.
Mr. Bagbin, in his quest to lead the NDC in the 2020
elections, has gone overdrive, firing former President Mahama from all
cylinders.
He said NDC should not endorse the former President
who is also vying for the flagbearership position of the party.
He said NDC would be doomed if Mr. Mahama is
selected to lead them in 2020 because, according to him, Mr. Mahama led the NDC
into a ditch as a driver.
Cronyism
& Nepotism
He also said the former President sidelined all
those who helped the NDC to win elections and rather went for those who did not
suffer for the party but became rich overnight.
He claimed those people built mansions and bought
expensive cars like Toyota Land Cruiser V8s.
However, Kofi Adams, who was the Campaign
Coordinator for the failed Mahama re-election bid during the 2016 election,
said Mr. Bagbin is out to destroy the NDC.
Bagbin’s
Mansion
“I know that Bagbin does not live in a thatch house
in Accra here and when one visits Wa, he owns one of the biggest houses there.
So I am surprised that he will be the one talking about mansions here,” he
fired, adding “why do you seek to lead the party if you don’t intend to better
the lives of people?”
“If I am a leader, I am supposed to give an
opportunity to people and lead them from where they were to a better place,” he
said.
“They worked hard when they had the opportunity to
serve so there is no point in anyone questioning what they benefited.
He said instead of attacking the former President,
Mr. Bagbin should “be worried about why his votes in Nadwoli Kaleo have
dwindled over the years.”
Warning
NDC General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia issued a
strong warning to candidates vying for national executive positions to refrain
from making disparaging comments against their opponents in the upcoming
National Congress.
He observed that the party would not hesitate to
drag candidates before the disciplinary committee if they are found culpable of
breaching the rules of the campaign.
Speaking at a press conference, Mr. Asiedu Nketia
announced plans to roll out the guidelines for the elections, adding that they
would not hesitate to expel errant candidates if the need be.
Planned
Agenda
Meanwhile, an NDC group called Social Democratic
Forum that recently attacked leading party members from the Volta Region for
undermining the former President John Mahama’s comeback, has struck again.
This time, members of the group have directed their
arsenals at Mr. Bagbin.
They claimed that the MP is being driven by envy of
Mr. Mahama and asked him to “back off with his infantile sanctimonious
effusions.”
A statement jointly signed by Manan Mustapha and
Alhassan Issahaku said “as unpaid vanguards of H E John Dramani Mahama’s brand
since 2015, we have been watching closely developments within our Great Party,
the NDC, as we prepare to elect a presidential candidate for the elections in
2020.”
Evil
Axis
“A couple of weeks ago, we responded to the
calculated denigration of the image of the charismatic President Mahama by the
evil axis of Volta, led by the newfound Nana Addo loyalist, Mr. Rawlings.”
“We were urged by the likes of the affable Madam
Joyce Bawah, in our conversation with her, to tone down, even though she agreed
that we were not entirely wrong,” they said, adding “we decided to heed her
appeal to us. But we were shocked to read the August 16 edition of the New
Independent newspaper with a screaming headline ‘Volta Chiefs Dump John Mahama.’
We would, however, not focus much on the power conscious Volta cult.”
Once
Respected
“It’s however sad that the once respected Hon. Alban
Bagbin has allowed envy and hatred to consume the better part of him. He cannot
accept the fact that he entered parliament before H E John Mahama and the
latter became President before him. What Hon. Bagbin and the many anti-JM
elements in the Volta Region fail to understand is that the question on who
leads is a matter of grace and not long service to a political party.”
They said, “Mr. Bagbin has joined the NPP claims of
corruption against H. E John Mahama,” asking “but is Mr. Bagbin qualified to
accuse anybody of corruption?”
“This is a man who took $5,000 and betrayed
Ghanaians by joining the NPP to dispose of Ghana Telecom to Vodafone. He is no
different from Mr. Rawlings. They are pretentious preachers of morality but
more dangerous than Satan.”
“As we await the official declaration of H E John
Dramani Mahama this week, we ask his admirers to prepare for ingrates like Mr.
Alban Bagbin. They know they cannot win the contest but it is their intention
to use the contest to arm the super incompetent NPP ahead of the 2020
elections.
When the group issued its first statement to
criticize some NDC stalwarts from the Volta Region, including the party’s
founder JJ Rawlings, the office of Mr Mahama dissociated itself from the statement
but did not condemn them for being openly ethnocentric.
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