His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama, had a torrid experience yesterday at the Manhyia Palace when he was met with tumultuous chant of ‘change’ from some NPP supporters.
The president and his entourage were there to commiserate with the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II during the one week celebration of the Queen mother of the Ashanti stool Asantehemaa Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa, Ampem II.
The event which was supposed to be solemn one, turned out to be raucous when some of the mourners deliberately shouted and gestured ‘change’ towards the president as he arrived at the funeral grounds.
The security details of the President had difficulties paving way for him. The boisterous act in the Ashanti Region makes it the second time within this year that President Mahama has been hooted at.
During the funeral ceremony of the late Bantamahene, Baffour Asare Owusu Amankwatiah V in March, 2016, some members of the NPP reportedly hooted at the President John Dramani Mahama and his entourage at the funeral grounds.
The mourners - clad in black, carried the flag of the NPP - started hooting at the President after the arrival of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo at the funeral grounds.
The mourners claimed President Mahama had declared himself a persona non-grata at the funeral grounds as according to them, the President had previously spoken ill of the people of Kumasi.
“What are you doing, you claim we are ungrateful beings who would never appreciate whatever you do for us, even if you tar our roads with gold, we would never appreciate your efforts, so what are you doing here….,” some of the angry mourners were reported to have said.
However yesterday’s incident nearly caused chaos as the president's security and sympathizers of the ruling party also attempted to reply their opponents in equal measure.
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Source: Chris Joe Quaicoe/ email: [email protected]
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am not ndc but I don't support the idea of hooting at President
Villagers la. Do you think this will win u power? We will see in less than two weeks la
Oh! Ghana and tribalism. Everything is taken to be tribally motivated. Some people not quite long ago made the change sign at kokompe when the President was passing, so should that be misconstrued to mean that Gas hate northerners?
In fact, this is nkorasesem paa. The Ashainti's who did that are villagers. No wonder. They are not civilized irrespective of what you do to them. Take them to abroad,they are still the same. Villagers.
With all the abuse of incumbency and preaching division, what did he expect? He will sure reap all that he is sowing in the name of politics.
It serves him right. If you are made the president behave as such. don't preach division and expect unity. F00OLS in the NDC like those hired to comment 10 times on each issues on peacefmonline have no wisdom.
If the president and followers like you are civilised as you are advocating he would have stepped down ages ago and not be that power drunk for the nation to go down the drain. F00OLS like you are so pathetic because you have no vision. Wisdom should tell you that John Mahama is making Ghana inhabitable and we must not leave too late. he is even lucky it was only noise, next time it might be another JJ Rawlings of 1981.
Why are they doing that. They take NPP as theirs ok Ghanaians will judge with the thumb. My ? is did the prez offended them. Create a state for them and lets see if can hold for a week.
the tribal bigots have done it again. This is what they will always do and expect us to vote for them. In fact i will travel all the way to my home town to renew JMs mandate.
THE DESCRIPTION IS EXAGGERATION AND FULL OF LIES. IT IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IS SEEN IN THE VIDEO. THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT HOOTED AT AS IT IS MADE TO BELIEVE. SOME BYSTANDERS AT THE FUNERAL WHO DEFINITELY ARE NOT SUPPORTERS OF THE PRESIDENT PARTY EXPRESSED THEIR POLITICAL SLOGAN "YERE SESAM" WE ARE FOR CHANGE WHEN HE PASSED BY. THIS IS NOT STRANGE. SOME OTHERS AT THE FUNERAL ALSO SHOUTED "YERE TOASO" CONTINUITY, THE SLOGAN OF THE PRESIDENT PARTY. IT IS ONLY PEOPLE OF POLITICAL IMMATURITY AND AND INTOLERANCE WILL CONSIDER THE EXPRESSION OF DIFFERENT POLITICAL SLOGAN AS HOOTING.