[ 2014-12-18 ]

Obed Asamoah

Obed Asamoah told Mills: "You're a born loser" – Kwabena Adjei
Former Chairman of the National Democratic
Congress, Dr Yao Obed Asamoah told Prof John Evans
Atta Mills (late) – during his attempts to win
the presidency – that he was a "born loser",
current Chairman of the NDC, Dr Kwabena Adjei has
revealed for the first time, in an interview with
Ibrahim Alhassan of starr FM.
“He said you are a born loser”, Dr Adjei
narrated to Alhassan.

According to Dr Adjei, Dr Asamoah, who served as
Attorney General in the Rawlings administration,
uttered those words directly to Prof Mills –
three-time presidential candidate of the NDC –
after Mr Rawlings, founder of the party, chose Mr
Martin Amidu as Running Mate for Prof Mills, ahead
of Dr Asamoah, for the 2000 general elections.

Dr Adjei surmises that Dr Asamoah – who relished
the possibility of becoming Vice presidential
candidate in that particular election – got
infuriated by Rawlings’ action, since Mr Amidu
was his Deputy at the Attorney General’s
Department when they both served under Rawlings.

Dr Asamoah, according to Dr Adjei, interpreted the
selection of Amidu, ahead of him, as an insult.

“The problem was that [Obed Asamoah] transferred
the kind of, if you like, perception he had about
Rawlings, to my poor president and it was a very
tough situation.

“So I went and told the old prof: ‘You don’t
worry I’ll make you president’. And I did. I
didn’t do it single-handedly. I collectivised
our efforts to do it,” the former Minister in
the Rawlings Administration told Alhassan.

Prof Mills lost the 2000 and 2004 elections with
Amidu and Mohammed Mumuni as Running Mates
respectively. He won the 2008 election with John
Mahama as Running Mate.

Dr Adjei, known by his sobriquet ‘Wayo Wayo’
has been chairman of the NDC for two consecutive
terms and is seeking to win a third term at the
party’s forthcoming national delegates’
congress scheduled for the Ashanti regional
capital, Kumasi on Saturday December 20, 2014.

Source - Starrfmonline

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