{"id":772020,"date":"2019-12-26T21:15:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T21:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/26\/comedian-ob-amponsah-apologises-to-john-mahama-after-his-joke-at-d2r-that-mahama-means-corruption-in-hausa\/"},"modified":"2019-12-26T21:15:49","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T21:15:49","slug":"comedian-ob-amponsah-apologises-to-john-mahama-after-his-joke-at-d2r-that-mahama-means-corruption-in-hausa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/26\/comedian-ob-amponsah-apologises-to-john-mahama-after-his-joke-at-d2r-that-mahama-means-corruption-in-hausa\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian OB Amponsah Apologises To John Mahama After His Joke At #D2R That Mahama Means Corruption In Hausa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ghanaian comedian, OB Amponsah has rendered an unqualified apology to former President John Mahama for unsavoury comments made about the former president.<\/p>\n<p>The comedian, thrilling the audience to some of his jokes at the just ended \u2018December 2 Remember\u2019 event organised by Citi FM, said that \u2018Mahama\u2019 means corruption.<\/p>\n<p>This, however, did not go down well with a section of the Ghanaian populace, particularly members of the National Democratic Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Following the backlash received for his joke, the comedian has apologised to Ghanaians and Mr Mahama.<\/p>\n<p>Read full details of apology below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168774 jetpack-lazy-image\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ob_amponsah_apology.png\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1577394949_416_ob_amponsah_apology.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168774\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian comedian, OB Amponsah has rendered an unqualified apology to former President John Mahama for unsavoury comments made about the former president. The comedian, thrilling the audience to some of his jokes at the just ended \u2018December 2 Remember\u2019 event organised by Citi FM, said that \u2018Mahama\u2019 means corruption. This, however, did not go down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":772021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-772020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Comedian OB Amponsah Apologises To John Mahama After His Joke At #D2R That Mahama Means Corruption In Hausa - 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\/2019\/12\/26\/comedian-ob-amponsah-apologises-to-john-mahama-after-his-joke-at-d2r-that-mahama-means-corruption-in-hausa\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Comedian OB Amponsah Apologises To John Mahama After His Joke At #D2R That Mahama Means Corruption In Hausa - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Ghanaian comedian, OB Amponsah has rendered an unqualified apology to former President John Mahama for unsavoury comments made about the former president. 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