[ 2016-01-27 ]

Akufo-Addo denies killing first wife
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer Nana
Akufo-Addo has denied reports making rounds that
he killed his first wife Obaa Yaa Nkansah Dwamena
in the early 90s.

He has described the reports as “vile, repugnant
and tasteless fabrication” which must be
ignored.

He is therefore demanding an apology and a
retraction from the media house which published
the story.

Below is the full statement from his press
secretary:

The attention of the Office of Nana Akufo-Addo has
been drawn, once again, to a false and defamatory
publication in the Daily Post newspaper of
Wednesday, January 27, 2015.

The story, whose headline has been written under
the guise of a question and allegedly sourced from
a non-existent newspaper called the ‘New
Patriot’, states emphatically that Nana
Akufo-Addo murdered his first wife, Obaa Yaa
Nkansah Dwamena, on 17th August, 1993.

It is tragic that our politics should sink to such
levels that there appears to be nothing sacred,
nor any respect for our cultural values in our
society; and people would want to use the death of
a loved one to defame a political opponent.

This story is nothing but a vile, repugnant and
tasteless fabrication. We demand an unconditional
and immediate retraction of story in the next
edition of the paper, which comes out on Thursday,
January 28, 2015. This retraction must be given
the same prominence as was given to the earlier
story.

……signed……

Source - Eugene Arhin, Press Secretary

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