A brother of the late President John Evans Atta Mills has opened up on some of the circumstances surrounding the death of the President in July 2012.
In a radio interview on Starr FM Wednesday evening, Dr Cadman Mills said his brother was not treated well by his handlers at the presidency in his last days. Again, he said government has treated the former President, ”shabbily” after his death.
Speaking to Bola Ray on his Wednesday evening Starr Chat programme, Dr Mills said almost five years after his brother’s demise, government was yet to disclose to the family what the late president was entitled to as an Article 71 office holder.
“As far as the government is concerned and I make no difference from the NDC or NPP, they have treated president Mills shabbily,” Dr. Mills said.
“Up till this day nobody has called me to say your brother died in office and according to this report your brother is entitled to this or that.”
The former Economic Advisor to the late President, however, added that a couple of people have been quite generous to the family after his brother’s demise due to their relationship with him.
He said he was aware government was taking care of Mrs Naadu Mills, as a former First Lady and that she was getting something, she has security in her house and other things but the family was not formally aware of anything of that sort.
Besides, he said even though the family has not formally been informed, he also heard they [gov’t] rented an apartment for Samuel Atta Mills [Kofi Sam], the late President’s only son but as of now, the family has not been informed whether or not Professor Mills was entitled to something.
The late President Mills died in office in July 2012, few months to the completion of his first term in office.
Lonely man
Throwing light on the late President Mills’ life during the radio interview, Dr Cadman Mills painted a gloomy picture of his brother’s stay at the Osu Castle revealing that, he was almost left lonely.
He expressed regret that he did not spend a lot of time with the former president.
Dr. Mills said he could have been a “better brother” and that “entrusting [late Mills’] physical and emotional well-being to others” and his younger brother was an unpardonable mistake he committed.
He said anytime he returned from his trips he would come back and meet the former president “lonely.”
“I would come back and I would realize that he was a very lonely man…extremely lonely man…Oh! My God I would go to his quarters in the castle which were not really basically fit for human being to live in. I mean my God and he will be sitting in this chair very quietly,” he said.
He said there were times he would have to call people that he knew were the late president’s friends and “tell them that please come and visit him.”
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FROM THE HORSE'S OWN MOUTH
Hmmm after your brother died u worked for the government for six years and you never find out what your brother was entitle as a former president. By the way your brother had a wife and a son and they are entitle to his estate not u greedy man
But how does NPP come into this? This Cadman Mills sold his conscience to the NDC for an ambassadorial appointment. The late Pres. Mills abandoned his wife and lived alone at the Osu Castle when nobody forced him. Instead of going to live at the Flagstaff House with his wife, he shamefully followed the advice of persons like Koku Anyidoho and Tony Aidoo who said the place was going to be used as a poultry farm by the NDC. He lived alone at the castle and became so lonely that I am surprised he did not lose his mind.
I thought u were coming to tell us what killed him rather you want to be told about #benefits? You want the various governments to call you to tell you that these are his entitlement so come for them ? God is watching us all from a distance.
CADMAN YOU SOLD YOUR BROTHER TO THE BABIES WITH SHARP TEETH WHO WERE THE HANDLERS OF PROF. NOW GHANAIANS UNDERSTAND WHY THERE SHOULD BE A FULL PROBE INTO THE CARE GIVEN TO ATA MILLS BEFORE HIS DEATH. WHY DIDNT THE WIFE STAY WITH HIM TO TAKE CARE OF HIM INSTEAD OF TOTAL STRANGERS WHO EVENTULLY KILLED HIM BECAUSE HIS SICKNESS RENDERED HIM A LIABILITY FOR THE NDC WINNING THE ELECTIONS.?
Why are you bringing NPP into this. Sh@me on you.
Cadman, May your sins be forgiven. You told Ghanaians that Prof Mills died of mild stroke. You allowed John Mahama to bribe you with an ambassadorial position. His wife, Naadu vigorously campaigned for the NDC in 2012 using the husband's death. Your junior brother is now an NDC MP. In fact! you, your brother the MP and Naadu have stooped so low for JDM and his people to treat your brother this way. As for Koku Anyidoho, the least said about him the better.
CADMAN HIMSELF TREATED HIS OWN BROTHER SHABBILY AS PER HIS ADMISSIONS IN THE INTERVIEW. SO WHY IS HE BLAMING OTHERS? IF THE WIFE AND ONLY CHILD ARE BEING CARE FOR BY THE STATE THEN THAT IS IT. THEY CONSTITUTE THE LATE PRESIDENT'S FAMILY SO I AM NOT SURE WHAT CADMAN MEANS OR WANTS WHEN HE KEEPS TALKING ABOUT THE FAMILY. DOES HE EXPECT THE STATE TO TAKE CARE OF HIM AND HIS ENTIRE EXTENDED FAMILY? WHAT ABOUT THE FAMILIES OF NRUMAH, BUSIA, ANKRAH, LIMANN AND OTHERS? KUFFOUR BUILT THE JUBILEE HOUSE WHICH YOUR BROTHER REFERRED TO AS A HEN COP AND REFUSED TO MOVE THERE. HE CHOSE TO STAY IN THE PLACE YOU CADMAN NOW DESCRIBE AS UNFIT FOR HUMANS TO LIVE IN. WHY DID YOU NOT ADVICE HIM TO MOVE TO THE JUBILEE HOUSE OR PEDUASE OR AT LEAST TO HIS OWN HOME? KUFFOUR LIVED IN HIS OWN HOME? MILLS WAS MORE INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING THOSE BABIES WITH SHARP TEETH AND THEY WENT TO CHANGE THE NAME FROM JUBILEE HOUSE TO FLAGSTAFF HOUSE AND YET HE DID NOT MOVE THERE. WHAT FOR?WHEN RAWLINGS SAID THE MAN COULD HAVE LIVED LONGER IF HE HAD TAKEN BETTER CARE OF HIMSELF YOU AND YOUR SO-CALLED FAMILY WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE INSULTING HIM SO WHY ARE YOU NOW COMPLAINING? WHEN NDOUM EXPRESSED SIMILAR SENTIMENTS YOU PEOPLE INSULTED AND THREATENED HIM SO WHAT ARE CADMAN NOW CRYIN ABOUT?
ah Dr.Mills paaa...please stop this because what you are saying is nonfa. aaah..i shy sef
Why don't you ask the next of kin or the wife. I'm not sure why you are making this claims when he had a wife