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Government says it will write to the diplomats\u00a0former president John Mahama hosted over the by-election violence that occurred at the Ayawaso West "},"modified":"2019-02-19T21:47:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T21:47:15","slug":"govt-to-write-to-diplomats-over-false-mahama-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/19\/govt-to-write-to-diplomats-over-false-mahama-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t to write to diplomats over \u2018false\u2019 Mahama videos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Government says it will write to the diplomats\u00a0former president John Mahama hosted over the by-election violence that occurred at the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Information Minister, said government has decided to take the important step of clarifying issues because none of the claims made by Mr Mahama concerning the polls and other related matters was accurate.<\/span><\/p>\n

He believes leaving the matter without clarification will not be to the benefit of the country as the diplomats will keep the false information as fact, leaving them with a bad impression of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last week, Mr Mahama hosted the diplomatic community in Accra to present the opposition NDC\u2019s stance on the violence that characterised the by-elections held on January 31.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In his presentation, he showed the diplomats a series of videos, including one he claimed was captured during the by-election in which masked men from National Security unleashed terror on civilians.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The diplomats watching one of the videos former president Mahama used in his presentation \u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Mahama who is vying for the presidential candidacy of his party showed another video which he claimed was captured at the funeral of the late NPP MP for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Kyeremanteng Agyarko.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He alleged that the video in which men dressed in Police uniform were singing at a\u00a0funeral could not have been staff\u00a0members of the Ghana Police Service as the Service\u2019s personnel do not wear ear studs.<\/span><\/p>\n

In another video, the former president told the diplomats that the same so-called Police officers were brought to provide security for the NPP\u2019s parliamentary candidate, Lydia Alhassan who was the spouse of the late Agyarko.<\/span><\/p>\n

But addressing a press conference at Koforidua in the Eastern Region, the Information Minister said none of the allegations was true.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mr Nkrumah told journalists former president Mahama lied to the diplomats<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Nkrumah accused the former president of peddling falsehood and described his actions as unfortunate.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He called on Mr Mahama to apologise as his actions are prejudicial to the work of the Commission of Enquiry set up by President Akufo-Addo to look into the alleged cases of violence that characterised the by-elections.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201dThis is an unfortunate act by a former President of the republic as it is prejudicial to the work of the committee. As one who has occupied the highest office of the land.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unthinkable that he will make pronouncements that seek to prejudice or undermine the work of a fact-finding Committee at a meeting where he has invited diplomats,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He added that \u201cWe do not believe that in the various countries where diplomats come from, this prejudicial undermining conduct will be countenanced.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n