{"id":422393,"date":"2017-09-26T16:08:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T16:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/26\/kojo-bonsu-i-have-no-hand-in-anti-akufo-addo-protest-in-us\/"},"modified":"2017-09-26T16:08:48","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T16:08:48","slug":"kojo-bonsu-i-have-no-hand-in-anti-akufo-addo-protest-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/26\/kojo-bonsu-i-have-no-hand-in-anti-akufo-addo-protest-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Kojo Bonsu: I have no hand in anti-Akufo-Addo protest in US"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Chief Executive of Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly,\u00a0Kojo Bonsu,\u00a0has denied masterminding a demonstration against the President, Nana Akufo-Addo during his recent trip to the US.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hereby state categorically that I never participated in the planning or organization of the demonstration, neither do I have any knowledge of any person who planned or organized the demonstration,\u201d Kojo Bonsu said in a statement issued Tuesday, September 26, 2017.<\/p>\n

Some group of Ghanaians residing in the US last Thursday protested against the President who was attending the United Nations General Assembly Meeting in New York.<\/p>\n

A number of the protesters was seen in a video circulated on social media heckling a leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, accusing him of taking huge sums of money from people who request to meet the President at the Flagstaff House.<\/p>\n

A day before that protest, some supporters of the government indicted Mr. Bonsu of plotting to \u201cfalsely display to the whole world that President Akufo-Addo is a chain\u2019 Wee\u2019 smoker.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe National Democratic Congress (NDC) guru has diabolically engaged the services of a bunch of unpatriotic and lazy Ghanaians, who are struggling to survive in the US, to put up a weird display to humiliate the president,\u201d claimed the statement which went round on social media.<\/p>\n

However, Mr. Bonsu, who is the key architect of the ongoing \u2018Unity Campaign\u2019 project of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has denied the alleged role he is said to have played.<\/p>\n

Read the statement below:<\/p>\n

DISCLAIMER<\/b><\/p>\n

My attention has been drawn to a publication circulating on social media referring to me as the planner of a demonstration against the President of the Republic of Ghana during his recent visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly.<\/p>\n

I hereby state categorically that I never participated in the planning or organization of the demonstration, neither do I have any knowledge of any person who planned or organized the demonstration.<\/p>\n

I am a patriotic citizen of the Republic of Ghana and will not under any circumstances involve myself in any action that would dent the reputation of my country.<\/p>\n

I take serious exception to the unfounded sinister allegations and have instructed my lawyers to take the necessary steps to deal with any persons who are part of this nauseating agenda.<\/p>\n

I advise all to disregard the publication.<\/p>\n

Signed<\/p>\n

Kojo Bonsu<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Former Chief Executive of Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly,\u00a0Kojo Bonsu,\u00a0has denied masterminding a demonstration against the President, Nana Akufo-Addo during his recent trip to the US. \u201cI hereby state categorically that I never participated in the planning or organization of the demonstration, neither do I have any knowledge of any person who planned or organized the demonstration,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-422393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nKojo Bonsu: I have no hand in anti-Akufo-Addo protest in US - 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\/2017\/09\/26\/kojo-bonsu-i-have-no-hand-in-anti-akufo-addo-protest-in-us\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Kojo Bonsu: I have no hand in anti-Akufo-Addo protest in US - 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