{"id":358988,"date":"2011-04-01T20:28:22","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T20:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/ya-na%e2%80%99s-murder-is-politics%e2%80%a6we%e2%80%99ll-continually-politicize-it-%e2%80%93-okudzeto\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T20:28:22","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T20:28:22","slug":"ya-nas-murder-is-politicswell-continually-politicize-it-okudzeto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/ya-nas-murder-is-politicswell-continually-politicize-it-okudzeto\/","title":{"rendered":"Ya-Na\u2019s Murder Is Politics\u2026We\u2019ll Continually Politicize It \u2013 Okudzeto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>Deputy Minister of Information, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has categorically stated that there is absolutely nothing wrong with the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) party politicizing the murder and trial of the Overlord of the Dagbon Royal Gate, Ya-Na Yakubu Andani II. <\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>His comment comes on the heels of calls from individuals and members of the opposition NPP for the de-politicization of the great king\u2019s murder. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Metro TV\u2019s 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. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI 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?\u201d he quizzed angrily. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere 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,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>To him, the NPP, who are rather accusing the NDC of politicizing the Ya Na\u2019s murder case cannot absolve themselves from blame and are more than guilty, simply because, whenever government proceeds to try the Ya Na\u2019s murder case at the law courts, the lawyers who defend the suspects are NPP gurus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_39-150x90.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Deputy Minister of Information, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has categorically stated that there is absolutely nothing wrong with the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) party politicizing the murder and trial of the Overlord of the Dagbon Royal Gate, Ya-Na Yakubu Andani II. 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\u2019s murder. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-358988","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ya-Na\u2019s Murder Is Politics\u2026We\u2019ll Continually Politicize It \u2013 Okudzeto - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/ya-nas-murder-is-politicswell-continually-politicize-it-okudzeto\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ya-Na\u2019s Murder Is Politics\u2026We\u2019ll Continually Politicize It \u2013 Okudzeto - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Deputy Minister of Information, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has categorically stated that there is absolutely nothing wrong with the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) party politicizing the murder and trial of the Overlord of the Dagbon Royal Gate, Ya-Na Yakubu Andani II. 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