{"id":1068392,"date":"2022-04-27T10:08:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T10:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/27\/why-i-deserted-kufour-dr-nyaho-tamakloe-audio\/"},"modified":"2022-04-27T10:08:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T10:08:20","slug":"why-i-deserted-kufour-dr-nyaho-tamakloe-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/27\/why-i-deserted-kufour-dr-nyaho-tamakloe-audio\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I deserted Kufour &#8211; Dr Nyaho Tamakloe [Audio]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"462\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kufour-and-Akufo-Addo-Copy-696x462.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Kufour and Akufo-Addo (Copy)\"\/><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1257439987&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true&#038;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I was very close to Akufo-Addo, I took a lot of risks on his behalf, he knows it. Because of Akufo-Addo, I deserted Kufour on principle, a founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe has said.<\/p>\n<p>The decision according to the diplomat was a time the NPP needed a formidable person to become a flagbearer in the build-up to the 2000 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter Kufuor was unable to unseat Rawlings democratically, we thought that it should be somebody else.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, some of us had our minds on Kwame Pianim \u2014 another good leader \u2014 but unfortunately, because he wanted to unseat the military regime, even though he served over ten years in prison, he was not allowed to contest an election as a leader,\u201d he said in an interview with Accra-based Metro TV.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Following the development, Dr Tamakloe said he decided to go all out for Akufo-Addo to lead the NPP.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nyaho-tamakloe.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Nyaho Tamakloe\" class=\"wp-image-1759783\"  \/><figcaption>Dr Nyaho-Nyaho Tamakloe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Board member of Accra Hearts of Oak disclosed this as he opened up on his relationship with President Akufo-Addo who he indicated was vibrant at the time, hence they thought would be a good successor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, some of us decided that ok Akufo-Addo was then very vibrant and we thought he was very strong and he can speak truth to power, so, we followed him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had an election in Sunyani where Kufuor, Akufo-Addo, and others were the main contestants but Kufuor won hands down. I was on the committee that was managing the affairs of Akufo-Addo; headed by Brigadier General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, Yaw Osafo Maafo was part,\u201d he recounted.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"H5BOEgW22fU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Death of Mwai Kibaki: Pres. Akufo_Addo commiserates with government and people of Kenya (26-4-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H5BOEgW22fU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was very close to Akufo-Addo, I took a lot of risks on his behalf, he knows it. 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