A security analyst, Retired Colonel Festus Aboagye, has opined that the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Thomas Oppong-Peprah, should have refrained from responding to speculations about his alleged rejection of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) appointment..
Even this morning just before I arrived here, a publication was sent to me indicating that I have refused to accept the appointment of CDS, and as a result, there is a halt in the military shake-up.”.
Major General Oppong-Peprah emphasized his resilience and defiance in the face of these accusations: “I have been taken to juju people and all that.
In an interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Eyewitness News on Tuesday, Retired Colonel Aboagye said the Major General didn’t have to respond and that Oppong-Peprah had not done himself any favors by responding to such claims.
“My personal opinion is that given that whatever was written in the media was about him, he has an emotional attachment to the statement and therefore maybe advisedly he should not have responded
He should have allowed the system, the institution, and I think in this case, the Public Relations Department of General Headquarters to have responded.”
“…I think, and I stand to be corrected in all humility, that he should not have responded in person
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