The infamous comment by the NPP Presidential candidate, Nana Akuffo Addo, sparked controversy from all parts of the country with the major blow coming from some functionaries within the ruling NDC government who purported that the "All die be die" slogan intends to induce electorates to wreak violence during the general elections 2012.
In reference to this seditious comment, the Communications Director at the Presidency, Koku Anyidoho, some days ago spoke to a london-based radio station, Focus Radio, issuing a stern caution to the opposition NPP not to perpetrate violence in the 2012 elections or face the rage of the NDC and Ghanaians.
He challenged the NPP's flagbearer to execute his plot if he is brave saying " We will protect the integrity of the elections, we will go to the elections, and Ghanaians will be safe...Let Akufo Addo make any mistake as he professes to be an indigene of Okyeman, Akufo Addo should dare and also to you Gabby; if you are real men, make a wrong move in this country and you will see where power lies."
But some members of the opposition party have strongly criticized the counter-attack on the rank and file of the NPP.
Anthony Kabo, the NPP National Youth Organizer, speaking to X fm 95.1 this thursday, expressed worry about this sudden development and described the utterances by Koku Anyidoho as despicable and one that should be ignored.
He said that if Koku Anyidoho professes to be courageous, he should have made such empty threats on the Ghanaian soil and not show his muscles somewhere else. According to him, Koku Anyidoho's utterance is an indication of bad governance adding that his vague threat is a personal attempt to demonize Nana Akufo Addo.
The NPP National Youth Organizer also pummeled President Mills over his resistance to take strict actions against his appointees who make foul attempt to destabilize the economy. He said the decadence exhibited by the President's appointees is a dent on the Mills-led administration.
He further added that while President Mills acclaims himself as a man of peace asking people to desist from the politics of insult, he has a gang of officials who have clearly defied this order and yet are undertaking their administrative duties with impunity.
'So I am not surprised that if Koku Anyidoho, the man who is supposed to be speaking for the President, speaks this way. Then it goes without saying that this is the kind of thinking that we have with our President and this is the kind of psyche the President is having", he intimated.
He pledged his party's loyalty to protecting their Presidential candidate against every machination from the ruling NDC and reiterated that the party is committed to ensuring free and fair elections which would be devoid of violence in 2012.
Anthony Kabo insisted that the NPP is not perturbed by the recent inflamatory comment from the NDC Communication Director at the presidency.
"...anybody or any sound-minded Ghanaian, young or adult, infact male or female, abled or disabled, skilled or unskilled who has the temerity and the capacity to stand to defend the democratic process in this country will have to be hailed and I don't think that amounts to violence.", he concluded.
Story by Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/ Xfm 95.1/ Accra/ Ghana
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