General News of Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Source: mynewsgh.com
2017-10-03
John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor ,Former President of Ghana
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has thrown a challenge at Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of OXY Fm, Mr. Alfred Kwame Larbi aka DJ Oxygen to name the individuals he claimed contracted him from his camp to fabricate stories about then candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the run up to the 2008 primaries .
The former President who has expressed extreme dissatisfaction with assertions by DJ Oxygen, who alleged that people from his alleged ‘camp’ hired him to write scandalous things about then presidential aspirant Nana Akufo-Addo in the run up to the 2008 NPP primaries, said he had no faction and did not need to have one in his government
DJ OXY alleged on an Accra based radio station that the mischievous deal was struck with the unnamed persons at the time some 17 aspirants battled for the flagbearship slot of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in 2008.
But Spokesperson for the former President, Frank Agyekum has warned against persons trying to ingratiate themselves with the current government from using others as footstools for their ambition or for settling personal scores.
Read his statement below;
Press Release
Kufuor Damns DJ Oxy’s Claim
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has expressed extreme dissatisfaction with assertions by Mr. Alfred Kwame Larbi aka DJ Oxygen, of Oxzy FM, that people from his alleged ‘camp’ hired him to write scandalous things about then presidential aspirant Nana Akufo-Addo in the run up to the 2008 NPP primaries.
Former President Kufuor condemned the association of his name to the story, and said as President, he had no faction and did not need to have factions in his government, despite false claims by people.
The former President, currently on a working tour of Europe, challenged Mr. Larbi to name whoever approached him for the alleged transaction as published in the story making rounds in some of the media.
He warned against persons trying to ingratiate themselves with the current government from using others as footstools for their ambition or for settling personal scores.
Signed:
Frank Agyekum
Spokesperson/Special Aide
Office of HE John Agyekum Kufuor
Tel: +44 7448944279
