A member of the Communications Team of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otukonor has denied raining insults on soldiers and describing them as drunkards.<\/p>\n
Peter Boamah Otukonor is reported to have stated on Asempa FM\u2019s \u2018Kukurantumi\u2019 program, whiles commenting on the controversial government\u2019s acquisition of five planes, that personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces were only \u201csmoking and drinking akpeteshie\u201d after reading obituaries in newspapers during President Kufuor\u2019s tenure of office.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the military was doing during the era of the NPP was reading newspapers especially the obituary column, smoking, drinking akpeteshie and sleeping in their offices, but because the NDC government cares for the military that is why these aircrafts are being purchased,\u201d Otukonor reportedly said.<\/p>\n
But he vehemently denies the publication. He, however, admits saying that military personnel are fond of reading the newspapers, particularly the \u201cDaily Graphic\u201d.<\/p>\n
Speaking in an interview on Adom FM on Thursday, he stressed, \u201cI never insulted the military. I only said they read Daily Graphic page to page including obituaries and adverts when they go to the office, but I never said all they do is smoke and drink akpeteshie. It was brief and only part of my analysis, you can call the producer, Dominic Kissi Yeboah and the host, Bobie Ansah to find out the truth from them,\u201d he denied.<\/p>\n
Asked if he will withdraw his statement, the NDC youth activist replied in the negative insisting that \u201cthere is nothing to withdraw and i cannot apologize for something I have not said,\u201d and challenged anybody to prove him otherwise.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will write 10,000 pages of apology to the military if it is proven that i insulted them\u2026I never insulted anybody so I can\u2019t apologize for something I have not done, besides on this particular issue, this is something I have never thought of doing for any reason. I never said that so I can\u2019t apologize for what I have not done and you can play the tape,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n
Later, when a play-back of the programme was aired, it vindicated the position of the NDC youth activist, proving he never used any offensive language to describe the country\u2019s military.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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A member of the Communications Team of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otukonor has denied raining insults on soldiers and describing them as drunkards. Peter Boamah Otukonor is reported to have stated on Asempa FM\u2019s \u2018Kukurantumi\u2019 program, whiles commenting on the controversial government\u2019s acquisition of five planes, that personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces were only \u201csmoking and drinking akpeteshie\u201d after reading obituaries in newspapers during President Kufuor\u2019s tenure of office. \u201cAll the military was doing during the era of the NPP was reading newspapers especially the obituary column, smoking, drinking akpeteshie and sleeping in their offices, but because the NDC government cares for the military that is why these aircrafts are being purchased,\u201d Otukonor reportedly said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-469879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
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