NDC’s Lies Have Caught Up With Them – NPP MP

The NPP Member of Parliament for Takoradi, Hon. Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, believes the lies of the ruling National Democratic (NDC) has finally caught up with them. According to him, the NDC has told so many lies and gotten away with it but this time, there was no escape because “what is true will forever be true”.

He claims the NDC propagated a lot of lies during their campaign, adding that even their manifesto was packaged lies.

His comment comes at the backdrop of the acquittal and discharge of 15 persons from the Abudu Royal Gate, who were standing trial in connection with the murder of Ya Na Yakubu Andani II, the Overlord of Dagbon.

The NDC, led by former President Rawlings and Professor Mills, then flagbearer of the party, made the issue of finding the “killers of Ya-Na and his elders’ a major election campaign issue which won them support in the 2008 elections.

Speaking on e-TV Ghana Newspaper Review, Hon. Okyere Darko-Mensah said the NDC are going to lose all the three seats they won in the 2008 election at Tamale i.e. Tamale North, South and Central because of this failure. According to him, the NDC won those seats as a result of the lies they told the people, making them believe they have evidence to prosecute the murderers of Ya-Na when they knew that was not true.

“The NDC had actually won three seats in Tamale because of this problem, and they are all going to leave that seat, Tamale Central, North and South, because what is true is true. Some people think that they can always lie to people and get away with it but I think this time, it has caught up with them. If you look at the NDC manifesto, it is all made up of lies,” he said.

According to him, the NDC always present propaganda, stressing that “propaganda and hearsay do not settle cases”. The NPP MP said it is time the NDC accepts that most of the promises contained in their manifesto and some of their campaign messages were purely propaganda and falsehoods, and therefore should render an apology to Ghanaians, especially Northerners.

He urged the NDC to endeavor to bring all parties and stakeholders together so that a lasting solution.

The Member of Parliament for Bongo, Hon. Albert Abongo who was also on the same programme, however insisted that the Ya-Na’s murder case is far from over, adding that government will still continue to get to the bottom of the matter for justice to be served.