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– –<\/span> On Monday, August 22, gunmen stormed the office of a former presidential contender, causing damage and taking hostages.<\/p>\n READ ALSO:\u00a0Any married man who claims he does not have a side chick is a liar,\u00a0 I have one and my wife knows it \u2013 Odike<\/p>\n His accusation that some Ashanti Region chiefs were involved in the widespread criminal activity of galamsey prompted the violence.<\/p>\n – –<\/span> He reportedly also urged young people to take action and pressure their villages\u2019 heads to clarify their position on combating illicit mining.<\/p>\n After his remarks outraged the local chiefs, he was exiled from Manhyia.<\/p>\n – –<\/span> Additionally, the Chiefs demanded that Oyerepa FM\/TV shut down by this coming Friday, August 26.<\/p>\n READ ALSO:\u00a0Manhyia shuts down Oyerepa FM Over Odike\u2019s comments<\/p>\n The founder and leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP) said in an interview on Thursday, August 25 that one of the guys who assaulted him was the driver for Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.<\/p>\n This motorist, identified by Akwasi Addai Odike as 40-40, apparently goes by that moniker.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m in my hideout now. They hired thugs to come and kill me in my office and I know them. All the boys I saw them. One is the driver of Otumfuo. I know all of them. I know where they operate from. I have reported the matter and the police are now manhunting them.<\/p>\n \u201cI saw 40-40 who is the driver of Otumfuo. I can\u2019t give out his real name because that is what he is affectionately called,\u201d Akwasi Addai Odike told Citi News.<\/p>\n READ ALSO:\u00a0Bawumia can\u2019t lead Ghana as president; he\u2019s too light \u2013 Odike<\/p>\n The former presidential contender has said that he disagrees with the decision of the Kumasi Traditional Council notwithstanding his high regard for the body.<\/p>\n He claims to abhor violence and refuses to engage in actions that might potentially cause harm. He\u2019s opted to wait patiently for Otumfuo\u2019s return to Ghana so that the situation may be resolved peacefully.<\/p>\n – –<\/span> – – Akwasi Addai Odike, a businessman and politician in Ghana, claims he knows the identities of the men who attempted to kill him in his Kumasi office. On Monday, August 22, gunmen stormed the office of a former presidential contender, causing damage and taking hostages. READ ALSO:\u00a0Any married man who claims he does not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1190815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[172,2648,3149,17538,21814,87,8278,746,7630,24409],"class_list":["post-1190813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-among","tag-driver","tag-finish","tag-hired","tag-odike","tag-office","tag-otumfuos","tag-speaks","tag-thugs","tag-vandalised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1190813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1190813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1190813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1190813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/p>\nAkwasi Addai Odike, a businessman and politician in Ghana, claims he knows the identities of the men who attempted to kill him in his Kumasi office.<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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