{"id":444682,"date":"2017-12-07T15:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/07\/akufo-addo-remembers-the-late-jake-obetsebi-lamptey\/"},"modified":"2017-12-07T15:00:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T15:00:30","slug":"akufo-addo-remembers-the-late-jake-obetsebi-lamptey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/07\/akufo-addo-remembers-the-late-jake-obetsebi-lamptey\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo remembers the late Jake Obetsebi Lamptey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday,  7 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-07<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/78665063.295.jpg\" alt=\"NANA JAKE\" title=\"NANA JAKE\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Akufo-Addo and the late Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512658830_587_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has eulogised the late former National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey who died days before last year\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr Akufo-Addo, until his demise, Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey had been his childhood friend and contributed his quota to the development of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a thanks-giving ceremony to mark the one-year anniversary of the 2016 elections which brought the New Patriotic Party (NPP) into power, Mr Akufo-Addo said: \u201cOn an occasion like this, we can remember our colleagues who He [God] has called to his side and could not be with us on the day of victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many but I hope all of you will forgive me if I single out one particular person because he was my childhood friend, we were born into this Ghana together, we stayed as friends right until his death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot stand here and give praise without recognising Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey. I seek God\u2019s blessing for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is recalled that Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey was one of the petitioners who challenged the results of the 2012 presidential elections in the Supreme Court. 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