{"id":1194548,"date":"2022-08-30T09:37:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T09:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/30\/odike-staged-his-own-attack-manhyia-palace-historian-2\/"},"modified":"2022-08-30T09:37:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T09:37:54","slug":"odike-staged-his-own-attack-manhyia-palace-historian-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/30\/odike-staged-his-own-attack-manhyia-palace-historian-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Odike staged his own attack \u2013 Manhyia Palace Historian"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A monarchical historian at the Manhyia Palace, Osei-Bonsu Sarfo-Kantanka, has accused the leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Akwasi Addai \u2018Odike\u2019, of staging an attack on himself following his unsavoury remarks.<\/p>\n

According to the historian, the politician deliberately inflicted a self-attack in a possible attempt to court public sympathy after what he said against the chiefs.<\/p>\n

Speaking in an interview with Benjamin Akakpo on the\u00a0AM Show\u00a0<\/strong>on Monday, Mr Sarfo-Kantanka noted that the reported incident of assault at Odike\u2019s party office was not masterminded by the Manhyia Palace.<\/p>\n

Calling for such assertions to be dismissed, he insisted that the UPP leader is guilty of a possible self-injury propaganda.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhy would people say that Odike\u2019s office was attacked by command from Manhyia? It was not. I strongly believe that \u2018Odike\u2019 staged a drama. So he is the first suspect. I am confident. Until it has been proven that he did not stage a drama, it is a drama,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cI think it was staged. And \u2018Odike\u2019 could easily do that. So \u2018Odike\u2019 as a matter of fact should be the first suspect. He himself is a suspect.\u201d<\/p>\n

It would be recalled that armed men allegedly attacked the \u2018Odike\u2019 in his office at Patase in Kumasi on Monday, 22nd August 2022.<\/p>\n

Cars parked in front of the office were vandalised.<\/p>\n

The gunmen allegedly rushed to the office of the former presidential aspirant at about 4:30pm, shooting randomly.<\/p>\n

A member of Odike\u2019s team, Francis, claimed the gunmen ordered staff in the office to lie down, assaulted them physically and ransacked the office.<\/p>\n

Speculations then became rife that the attack was in connection with his comments on Kumasi-based Oyerepa FM, where he accused the Manhyia Palace of failing to clamp down on illegal mining in the region.<\/p>\n

But discounting these perceptions, Mr. Sarfo-Kantanka said the chieftaincy institution has been relegated to the background in recent times.<\/p>\n

He, therefore, called for chiefs and traditional rulers to be accorded more respect in the governance of the country.<\/p>\n

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