The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has argued that if anybody has to be arrested by the Police for treasonable comments, then certainly it is former president John Dramani Mahama and NDC’s National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketia.
According to the party, the duo, Mr. Mahama’s continuous ‘Do or die for the NDC’ in reference to the 2024 general elections, and Asiedu Nketiah’s brazen proclamation that members of the opposition party are willing to sacrifice their lives to reclaim power deemed more treasonable.
The NPP’s comment was in retaliation to the NDC after its General Secretary in a statement demanded for the arrest of Agric Minister Bryan Acheampong following a comment he made in which the opposition party described as treasonable.
Also, the NPP in a statement issued by its General Secretary Justin Kodua Frimpong said;
“Since the NDC pretends not to appreciate and logically decode Bryan’s message, we would once again educate them, just as we have done on many occasions. For the avoidance of doubt, Hon Bryan Acheampong, was responding to the NDC’s perpetual flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, who had on many occasions described the 2024 general elections as one of “do or die” for the NDC. It is, in fact, a no secret that the NDC has always resorted to violence and intimidation against their opponents during the conduct of general elections, and this was summed up by their 2024 presumptive presidential candidate, John Dramani Mahama. He has stated emphatically that: ‘NDC has revolutionary root, and that when it comes to unleashing violence, nobody can beat us [NDC] in unleashing violence’.
Other leading members of the NDC, including Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the national chairman of the Party, have made similar threatening and malicious comments. Indeed, following his election as National Chairman, Asiedu Nketiah stated in his victory speech that, the NDC would fight the 2024 general elections to win a second independence for Ghana, and that, they are prepared to sacrifice everything including their lives for an NDC victory.
From the foregoing, if anybody has to be arrested by the Police for treasonable comments, then certainly it is John Dramani Mahama for his continuous “Do or die for the NDC ” in reference to the 2024 general elections, and Asidedu Nketiah for his brazen proclamation that members of the NDC are willing to sacrifice their lives to win the 2024 elections,” the NPP reminded.
Parts of the statement also added that it considers the NDC’s attack on Bryan Acheampong not only unwarranted but also attention-seeking with an ill attempt to emotionally blackmail Ghanaians to court their support.
“We wish to conclude by once again assuring the good people of this great nation that the NPP remains a peace-loving party and would not do anything to jeopardize the peace and security of the state. We hold the enviable title as the bastion of democracy in Ghana and on the African continent, and this, we intend to guard jealously.
The 2024 general elections shall be free, fair, and the most transparent elections in the Fourth Republic, and by the grace of God, the NPP would emerge victors to continue our transformation agenda,” the NPP assures.
