Former President John Mahama has backed the demonstration dubbed 'Ghana First' organised against the ratified Ghana-U.S. defence cooperation agreement.
The demonstration which is taking place today, Wednesday, 28 March 2018, is being led by former government officials including former vice president Kwesi Amissah-Arthur among others.
In support of this action, Mahama, who is currently in Sierra Leone as an election observer, wrote on his Facebook wall condemning the high handed police response to innocent citizens at the CID Headquarters yesterday when the deputy general secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho was arrested.
"As a party that prides itself in the non-criminalization of speech, with a self-acclaimed human rights activist as President, the arrest of K. Anyidoho with armed men in the middle of a press event is obviously disproportionate. Moreso, the high-handed police response to innocent citizens waiting at the CID HQ is condemnable," he wrote.
The former president further added a tweet: "I join in declaring #GhanaFirst as my compatriots and other democratic forces converge to demonstrate their opposition to the Ghana/US military agreement".
Meanwhile, Ghanaians are divided over Mr Anyidoho’s comments. While some argue he is not the first person to have made such comments, and, should, therefore, be set free, others believe he should be punished to serve as a deterrent to others.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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John Mahama should learn from Hon. Mahama Ayariga. He is such a disgrace to the nation as a former president. How can a sensible person make such comment about Koku's reckless comment. Learn to be a mature person.
I have not seen this set of unreasonable super incompetent leaders and followers of npp. The gen super incompetent Bawumia and akuffo addo, have you seen that the country is boiling????? You cannot rule ghana, ghana is not npp you manipulate and oppress. you will soon give up mr incompetent Akufo addo and bawumia, ghana is not your father's property
LESS THAN 2 YRS IN POWER THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS IN CHAOS AND ANARCHY. TROUBLE HERE,PROBLEM THERE. ALL DIE BE DIE. JUST ASK YOURSELVES IF AKUFO-ADDO HAD BEEN IN POWER FOR 8 YRS, THEN THE COUNTRY WOULD HAVE BE IN COMLETE FLAME. THE SUPER-INCOMPETENT OF AKUFO-ADDO AND BAWUMIA IS UNBEARABLE. THEY MUST LEAVE NOW!!! YOU CANNOT RULE A COUNTRY WITH LIES AND DECEPTION, IT WILL SOON BE OVER FOR YOU.... WE ARE WISE, NOT EVERYBODY IS DAAAAAAAAAFFFFFTTTTT LIKE SUPER IMCOMPEEEEETENT
Akoa wei de3, gyimi a ***barred word*** nie?
This Mahama guy is something oooo. I heard him say some years ago that hi will use a sledge hammer to KILL an ant! What changed, Mr Incompetent? Is it because it is affecting you CORRUPT party NDC?
Its seems to me Former Prez Mahama is only interested in power, he cares-les.s about what the constitution says. His facebook message is pathetic and should be ashamed of himself.
Its seems to me Former Prez Mahama is only interested in power, he ***barred word*** about what the constitution says. His facebook message is pathetic and should be ashamed of himself.
We are aware you have dead got syndrome so any advice to you will be waste. Continue to be irrelevant in Ghana as you have chosen to be. An accidental Ex President who has no shame and still not willing to earn some respect as a statesman
Under whose government was Ken Agyapong arrested? I don't want to insult you as others have done. But be careful Mr. create, loot and share
I heard Mahama say sometime ago in the Ken Agyapong case that they will use a bulldozer to crush any ant that tries to destabilize Ghana; apparently in response to former Prez Kufuor's comment that a sledge hammer is being used to kill a fly. Today this man is condemning the arrest of Koku Anyidoho, eeiii !!! HYPOCRISY PAA NIE, YOOOOO