[ 2016-07-28 ]

Mills stopped us protesting 2004 election results – Anyidoho
The Deputy General Secretary of the National
Democratic Congress Koku Anyidoho has revealed
that the late President John Evans Atta Mills
prevented party members from protesting the 2004
election results.

According to Mr. Anyidoho, the majority of NDC
footsoldiers and supporters wanted to hit the
streets and "misbehave" after the results were
first declared by the late Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey
of the NPP.

The 2004 election was won by former President
John Agyekum Kufuor of the NPP for a second term
in office.

Speaking on Starr Chat Wednesday, Mr. Anyidoho
told host Bola Ray that the late President showed
leadership by calling off the planned protests and
asking angry party members to accept the results
of the Electoral Commission.

“When the late Jake went and announced the
results at the Castle gardens, we were young guys,
hot-blooded and unrelenting, come on let's hit the
streets and misbehave...but Professor Mills called
us...and said 'so if you go onto the streets, what
are you going to do. You know what, if it is the
will of the people, four years will pass soon, and
the people of Ghana would vote for me, so hold
on',” Anyidoho said.

The late President Mills went on to contest the
2008 presidential election for the third time on
the ticket of the NDC and beat NPP’s Nana Addo
Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

Mr. Anyidoho, who is fondly called the bull by
people close to him, is a
banker-turned-politician.

He was director of communications for the
presidency and now a deputy general secretary of
the ruling National Democratic Congress.

Source - Starrfmonline.com

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