{"id":711513,"date":"2019-09-27T12:15:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T12:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/27\/okyeman-rejects-victor-smiths-whatsapp-apology\/"},"modified":"2019-09-27T12:15:53","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T12:15:53","slug":"okyeman-rejects-victor-smiths-whatsapp-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/27\/okyeman-rejects-victor-smiths-whatsapp-apology\/","title":{"rendered":"Okyeman Rejects Victor Smith\u2019s Whatsapp Apology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p> <strong>Victor Smith <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Members<br \/>\nof the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council have rejected a purported apology sent<br \/>\nto them by Victor Smith\u2014former Ambassador to the Czech Republic and<br \/>\nlater the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>According<br \/>\nto the Akyem Abuakwa State Secretary, Dan Ofori-Atta, the anger of the council<br \/>\nis directed at the national leadership of the opposition National Democratic<br \/>\nCongress (NDC) and not the Okyeman caucus of the NDC as Victor Smith is seeking<br \/>\nto push.<\/p>\n<p>Victor Smith\u2014in a document circulating on social media<br \/>\npurporting to be coming from the \u2018Okyeman caucus in NDC\u2019\u2014claims to have apologised to the Akyem Abuakwa<br \/>\nTraditional Council.<\/p>\n<p>The Traditional Council on<br \/>\nMonday protested against the incessant attacks on the person of the Okyenhene<br \/>\nand the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional area by some people within the leadership of<br \/>\nthe NDC, with the recent one coming from the Ashanti Regional Secretary of the<br \/>\nparty\u2014Kwame Zu.<\/p>\n<p>Kwame<br \/>\nZu, who was speaking at a protest march organised by the Coalition for National<br \/>\nSovereignty, a pro-NDC pressure group, in Kumasi on Monday 16th September 2019,<br \/>\nhad stated that until the coming into office of former President John Mahama,<br \/>\nthe Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, used to share water with animals.<\/p>\n<p>This<br \/>\nand several other attacks made by persons within the NDC including the former<br \/>\nPresident, who described Kyebi as the headquarters of \u2018galamsey\u2019, compelled the<br \/>\nAkyem Abuakwa Traditional Council to demonstrate against the party.<\/p>\n<p>Mr.<br \/>\nSmith in the document circulating on social media said the leadership of the<br \/>\nOkyeman caucus in the NDC wishes to express our sadness about the \u201cunfortunate<br \/>\nand regrettable pronouncements of one of our political party members during a<br \/>\nrecent demonstration in Kumasi.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>This<br \/>\ncomes after Mr. Smith had publicly accused the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP)<br \/>\nof being behind the anti-NDC placards displayed during the demonstration. The<br \/>\napology letter which, according to Mr. Smith, was sent via social media added<br \/>\nthat \u201cwe would have wished that the Okyeman Council had exercised restraint in<br \/>\nthe exercise of its traditional authority and pronouncements in order not to<br \/>\nexacerbate the already charged political atmosphere in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unknown Group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But<br \/>\nresponding to the statement, a leading member of the Okyeman Council said, \u201cOur<br \/>\nresponse is that our anger is directed at the national leadership of the NDC,<br \/>\nnot the Okyeman caucus of the NDC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\nquestioned the existence of the group before the impasse began, saying \u201cin any<br \/>\ncase, this so-called Okyeman caucus was unknown prior to this event.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\nsaid \u201cif Kwame Zu should personally be held responsible for the scandalous<br \/>\nstatement for the reason that he was not speaking on behalf of the party, then<br \/>\nthe statement by this so-called caucus is needless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNananom have spoken. Our call was to the national leadership of the NDC, not the so-called caucus. Okyeman will not become an unconscious plaything in the hands of forces and caucuses who seek to rationalize incendiary and abusive ethnocentric statements,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Nana Kwasi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Smith Members of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council have rejected a purported apology sent to them by Victor Smith\u2014former Ambassador to the Czech Republic and later the United Kingdom. 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