Ms Otiko Afisa Djaba has denied ever desiring to marry former President John Mahama as claimed by one Mahama Haruna on social media a few months ago.
“It was one of the most ridiculous and ludicrous statements from a crazy guy called Mahama Haruna,” the Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister said in an interview with Kwadwo Asare-Baffour Acheampong (KABA) on Wednesday, 8 March.
“He is my brother, there will be incest in this relationship,” she insisted.
Haruna Mahama had claimed in his piece that Ms Djaba was unrelenting in her attacks on Mr Mahama because the former president “rejected” an arranged marriage between him and her.
Below is exactly what Mr Mahama Haruna wrote on Facebook:
Many are surprised about Otiko Afisah Djaba’s incessant attacks on President Mahama. I am not surprised because I know the reason for Otiko’s tantrums against President Mahama since she became an NPP member in 2008.
It is simple! President John Dramani rejected an ARRANGED FAMILY MARRIAGE* between him and Otiko Afisa Djaba many years ago.
President Mahama’s father (E.A. Mahama) and Otiko’s mother (Miss Siata) are brother and sister and were very close especially since they were the few educated elite from Bole in the British colonial days, with President Mahama’s father becoming the first MP for Bole in 1954 and subsequently becoming a Minister under Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s government. EA Mahama’s sister (Miss Siata) was an accomplished educationist well known and popular at Bole. EA Mahama and Miss Siata adored each other so much that they built their houses near each other at Bole.
The fact is Otiko is a product of the friendship between President Mahama’s father (E.A. Mahama) and Otiko’s father (Henry Djaba). They were not only bosom friends but kingpins of Kwame Nkrumah’s CPP government. Henry Djaba decided to ‘con’ the sister of his friend E.A. Mahama with Otiko as the product of the relationship.
President Mahama and Otiko are cousins. By Gonja custom, cousins, that is a male child and female child of brother and sister respectively, can marry and so former President Mahama could marry Otiko. In Gonja, most marriages are contracted this way.
Indeed, there was to be an arranged marriage between a very handsome, humble and “bookworm” President Mahama (long before he became MP for Bole-Bamboi) and Otiko which never worked out because President Mahama was not interested!!
Former President Mahama saw Otiko as an abrasive, arrogant and a “too known” lady he could not control. President Mahama later married his wife Lordina Mahama, who was very beautiful, curvy with an excellent back.
Since then Otiko has not forgiven President Mahama. She later decided to join the NPP just to have her pound of flesh on someone she really loved and wanted to marry. Perhaps her attacks and her arrogant refusal to apologise for insults he rained on former President Mahama in the past are because she is jealous.
However, Ms Djaba, in her response on Asempa FM, said: “Haruna Mahama is a liar, there is no such tradition among Gonjas. I don’t know what kind of Gonja he is.
“President Mahama is my brother. I’ll respect him till the day I die. We have different ideologies; it doesn’t mean that I don’t respect him. His father and my mother’s father (maternal grandfather) were cousins, they shared a common grandmother. My mother met my father in Grandfather EA Mahama’s house, so, it’s a very close relationship. …I went into exile with my father when I was 16 years old at the same time that Grandfather EA Mahama was also in exile. So, at what point did my father and Grandfather EA Mahama arrange the so-called marriage? It is not possible, we are too close with blood for that to happen. Haruna is just playing mischief.”
Source: Class FM
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Peacefm paa why must u report this on showbiz page, boi. But those saying the woman is dying of jealous am surprise ur IQ is very low cos how can a woman who is married with children envy and hate a man whom is claimed was suppose to marry, this haruna guy lacks common sense cos even if that was to be true there wouldnt be the need for hatred from Otiko unless she is still single but here is the case both are married with family so y must one hate another cos of some marriage. Just because Otiko join NPP even her mother is having issues with her and i think that is JM's problem cos he think all northners must be for NDC just as the NDC's were attacking Bawumia and wife too
krakye read well and stop jumping to conclusions cos they are cousins so JM is not her uncle wai is rather JM's dad who is Otiko's uncle, and she said it straight that she respects JM and will always do so what is this Haruna's beef in this cos afterall they still share the same blood and wont kill each other in the name of politics. If JM goes down in monetary aspects Otiko will assist just us JM will also assist otiko so stop mingling in peoples matters Haruna. The wangala and Banda people are rather those who approve family marriages a lot and otiko have stayed outsie with her husband since
Beautiful woman God really save madam Otiko in the hands of this loose D1ck that inters anything.
I REALLY ADMIRED MADAM OTIKO . SHE IS VERY BOLD, SMART AND A NO NONSINS BEAUTIFUL WOMAN .
John Mahama is a so Ch@ap of a man for Otiko to fall for him. Madam Otiko you do all.....
OOOOh l now understand. lnfact l could not see far why this Otiko woman hate H E JDM with passion, if he is really her blood brother. The truth is out. It is very terrible for a man to turn down a woman's love, she will hate with proper. It happened to me. l was very closed to a lady when we were young and this lady fell in love with me without me knowing. later on when l got married to another woman this lady friend hated me till now. She never said any good thing about me. She hate me with a passion though she is also married
NOW THE TRUTH IS OUT. NO WONDER THIS OTIKO WOMAN IS INDEED HARD AND BITTER ON FORMER PRES. MAHAMA AND THE FAMILY. ITS A WAKE UP CALL TO OTIKO, NO MAN I REPEAT, NO MAN WOULD EVER WANT TO MARRY YOU COS OF ALL YOUR NEGATIVE ATTITUDE.JEALOUSY GO KILL YOU. OTIKO, ONAAPO. LORDINA PASS YOU CURVES, ***barred word***, BEAUTY, AND BRAINS
madam........ u wld nt even get.....( onaaapo
MAHAMA! OOO NAA PO. THIS BE YOUR LAST CHANCE OOO. LOOK SHARP
MAHAMA PAA. OTIKO BE FINE CHICK . YOU TOO CAN'T YOU SEE