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\"NDC NDC Flagbearer, John Mahama<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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John Mahama, the former president, has denied any involvement in the attack on the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II’s convoy in Techiman.<\/p>\n

He made the statement after an incident where some unidentified youngsters threw stones at the Asantehene’s motorcade in Techiman on Monday, December 2, 2024.<\/p>\n

Police say the alleged incident happened while the Asantehene was on her way back from a burial in the Bono East Region’s Nkoranza.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a visit to the Asantehene, however, John Mahama rejected the widely circulated video as “fake news” and artificial intelligence (AI) produced.<\/p>\n

He said it was a conscious effort to damage his reputation and that of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n

Mr. Mahama explained that there was no truth to the rumours that he had organised young people in Techiman to attack Otumfuo’s vehicle.<\/p>\n

He recalled that Otumfuo told him that he was going to a funeral in Nkoranza and that he had prayed for God’s protection while travelling.<\/p>\n

“However, when I woke up, they said I had gone to gather some youth in Techiman to hurl stones at Otumfuo’s convoy,” he said.<\/p>\n

The video that went viral on social media and allegedly showed his voice and image uttering false things was rejected by the NDC flagbearer.<\/p>\n

He said the video was coordinated by the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and accused some staff at the Presidency (Jubilee House) of being behind it.<\/p>\n

“All these, the seat of government knows about. They have departments whose sole purpose is to create and post such fake news on social media.”<\/p>\n

Mahama blamed the NPP’s difficulties in the present election season for the purported slander campaign.<\/p>\n

“It is because their campaign has lost steam that they are resorting to this. Nana, all these are untrue,” he said.<\/p>\n

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