I Never Called Nana Akufo-Addo A “Mad Man” : Kobby Acheampong:

The Deputy Minister of Interior, Kobby Acheampong, has denied calling New Patriotic Party (NPP) flag-bearer Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo a “fruit cake” which literally means a mad man.

“I never said Nana Akufo-Addo is mad and I never said he was untidy; those are their own words that they are using”.

According to the Daily Guide report, the deputy minister labeled Nana Akufo-Addo, a “fruit cake,” while addressing members of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) branch of the Tertiary Education Institute Network (TEIN) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Kumasi.

Speaking on Asempa FM Friday, Kobby Acheampong explained that he was only making reference to Nana Addo’s “all die be die” comments which he believes has the tendency to divide Ghanaians along tribal lines.

He said that he has a lot of respect for Nana Akufo-Addo who is a potential president of the country and could never have called him a “mad man”.

The deputy Interior Minister noted that the Daily Guide newspaper misquoted him adding that “the context in which I said it is different from what they have stated in the Daily Guide that I said Nana Akufo-Addo is untidy or mad man”.

The paper also reported Mr Acheampong as saying the Foreign Minister was reputed for dressing shabbily.

He however maintained that all he said was that “All presidential candidates must present themselves in such a way that every Ghanaian will see that they are the presidential candidates or potential presidents because that is how Ghanaians want to see their leaders.”