According to him, when the NDC party was seeking the mandate of the people of Dagbon and for that matter Ghanaians, they promised to protect and provide them with adequate security, improve their living conditions, and also find the killers of the late Ya-Na, therefore it is politics.
His comment comes on the heels of calls from individuals and members of the opposition NPP for the de-politicization of the great king’s murder.
Speaking on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana show, Okudzeto Ablakwa who was clad in all black outfit said the NDC is in a state of melancholy and deeply saddened by the injustice meted out to the people of Dagbon.
“I have heard a lot of people especially the NPP saying the NDC have politicized the Ya-Na murder case and that is why the people are angry with us. What is wrong with that? When the people vote for you or you go to the people to seek their mandate, you tell them that you are coming to protect and give them security and improve their living conditions so that is what politics is all about. So if Ya-Na, Isa Mobilla and Roko Frimpong were murdered and we say that we will put a stop to it and find the perpetrators, why do you think that there should be no politics about this?” he quizzed angrily.
“There certainly must be politics, it is a political issue because you need political will and a political head to take the bull by the horn and carry out credible investigations, put up credible cases and expect credible judgement,” he added.
To him, the NPP, who are rather accusing the NDC of politicizing the Ya Na’s murder case cannot absolve themselves from blame and are more than guilty, simply because, whenever government proceeds to try the Ya Na’s murder case at the law courts, the lawyers who defend the suspects are NPP gurus.
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