[ 2012-06-29 ]

Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Kwabena Adjei.

Kwabena Adjei threatens to sue accusers over "Mills tape"
The chairman of the National Democratic Congress
(NDC), Dr. Kwabena Adjei has threatened to take
legal action to prove that he has not commented
about the ailment or the rumored death of
President Mills.

According to Dr Kwabena Adjei, he has neither
granted any interviews on radio nor spoken
privately about the President’s state of health,
so he doubts the source or authenticity of the
contents of a tape on which he is reported to have
said that, rumours about the death of the
president started from the Castle.

A tape recording has been circulating in the media
with a voice purported to be that of the NDC
National Chairman claiming that people close to
and at the Castle were responsible for planning
and executing rumours of the President’s death for
their own selfish agenda.

Reactions from within the NDC and without have
been swift with some condemning him for the
statements while others have expressed their
disbelief that the voice is authentic.

A member of the NDC’s Communications team, Dela
Edem on Adom FM’s political programme, Dea Mehunu
hosted by Afia Pokua said he was suspicious about
the source of the tape adding that it could have
been doctored.

He asked Dr Kwabena Agyei to come out and clear
the air adding until that is done, he was
reluctant to believe that the Chairman could have
made the statements he is alleged to have made on
the tape adding that, the emergence of the tape
could be part of a mischievous plan by the NPP to
divert attention.

The opposition NPP which had been accused of
masterminding those rumours by some NDC stalwarts
has latched onto the issue and is making political
capital out of it.

Deputy Communications Director of the NPP, Sammy
Awuku also said the NPP had been vindicated by the
new revelations and the tape.

He said it was unnecessary to play politics with
the president’s health and that was why their
Presidential candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo had issued
a statement to wish the president well on routine
check-up trip, adding that even though there were
no malicious intentions, the NDC chastised him for
that.

Sammy Awuku said it was more critical for the NDC
to do an introspection of itself to find out those
who stand to benefit from the demise of the
president and stop pointing accusing fingers at
the NPP.

He also expressed shock at the NDC for doubting Dr
Kwabena Agyei’s tape recording adding that it is
surprising that it was based on a similar tape
recording that the national executives of the NDC
suspended its Deputy General Secretary, Kofi
Adams.

However on Adom News Thursday, when the tape was
played back to Dr Kwabena Adjei, he said he could
neither deny nor acknowledge that the voice was
his, adding that the only conversation he
remembered having about the President’s health was
with President Mills himself where he mentioned
that this was the President’s ‘third
resurrection’.

The NDC chairman said he is not a small boy,
neither is he an immature politician to make such
useless comments insisting that he has received a
copy of the said tape recording, and is seeking
advice on the action to take to prove his
innocence.

Source - Adomonline.com

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