{"id":447437,"date":"2017-12-15T15:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/15\/koku-anyidoho-welcomes-kennedy-agyapongs-call-for-a-fight\/"},"modified":"2017-12-15T15:00:36","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T15:00:36","slug":"koku-anyidoho-welcomes-kennedy-agyapongs-call-for-a-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/15\/koku-anyidoho-welcomes-kennedy-agyapongs-call-for-a-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Koku Anyidoho welcomes Kennedy Agyapong\u2019s call for a fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 15 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>yen.com.gh<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-15<\/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\/80683288.295.jpg\" alt=\"Atinka Koku Anyidoho\" title=\"Atinka Koku Anyidoho\" width=\"295\" height=\"195\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Koku Anyidoho<\/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\/1513350036_496_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has accepted the challenge to fight with member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong.<\/p>\n<p>This was as a result of an earlier call from the MP to the NDC executive to fight him if he (Koku) was a man. The Assin North MP, on Wednesday 13th December 2017 stated on Oman FM\u2019s programme, National Agenda, that he is patiently waiting for the NDC official.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he has decided to control himself because of president Nana Akufo-Addo. He however added that he willing to fight if Koku is ready. \u201cI will meet him face to face\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy Agyapong revealed that Koku Anyidoho attempted to implicate him in a drug-related case involving a drug baron called Asem Darkey aka &#8220;Limping Man.<\/p>\n<p>This, he stated, was during the term of the late president, John Evans Atta Mills.<\/p>\n<p>He further stated that in 2012, Koku Anyidoho, then a Communications Director at the presidency alleged that Asem Darkey was &#8220;&#8230;singing like a canary&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Koku is alleged to have further stated that some New Patriotic Party (NPP) members had been named in the cocaine case, and as a result the country\u2019s borders would be closed so that no one escapes.<\/p>\n<p>An Accra High Court sentenced the Limping Man to 22 years in prison for his role in the disappearance of the 77 parcels of cocaine which was on board the MV Benjamin vessel.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the challenge to a fight, Koku Anyidoho stated on Peace FM that \u201cI am not a professional boxer but since he said he will beat me wherever he meets me, I am waiting for him . . . he should also be prepared,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went ahead to say that the MP\u2019s statement reveals the level of lawlessness in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He further stated that unlike the MP, he has faith in the police and as such future threats would be dealt with, according to the law.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 31 updated by: 33 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Friday, 15 December 2017 Source: yen.com.gh 2017-12-15 Koku Anyidoho The deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has accepted the challenge to fight with member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong. 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