Mr Mathew Kojo Njourkone, the Ashanti Regional Deputy Secretary for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said it was not true that former President John Mahama has been banned from entering the Ashanti Region.
He refuted the claim purported to have been made by Mr Bernard Antwi Boasiako, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that former President John Mahama should not enter the Ashanti Region or any of its secondary schools for his political campaign.
A statement signed by Mr Njourkone and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Kumasi, responding to the statement which is also trending on the social media, said Mr Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, “has no right to stop the ex-president from entering any school in the Ashanti Region”.
The statement said the NDC had taken a serious view of what he described as Chairman Wontumi’s “disgusting vile threat”, adding that “it was an attack on our democracy and also undermined the country’s democracy-this must be condemned by all”.
It called on the security agencies to intensify measures necessary to guarantee the free and legitimate movement of every person in the country including former President Mahama.
The statement said although ex-President Mahama has not visited or given the indication to visit any Senior High School during his campaign tour in the Region, Chairman Wontumi can never stop him from doing so if the President desires to do so.
“The welfare of our SHS students are the concern of us all, no one can keep some SHS students in horrendous conditions and prevent major stakeholders from visiting them,” the statement said.
The statement continued that “the NDC as a Political Party will never be intimidated by such threats and gave strong indications for reprisals if the security agencies allowed Mr Wontumi to carry out his threats.
“Let every Ghanaian know that much as we respect the capability of the state security to contain him, if there is any failure by the relevant state authority to prevent him from doing anything untoward, we will meet him with equal measure,” the statement said.
The Regional Chairman was quoted to have said in media reports that “As a former President or candidate who is campaigning, you will hear him saying he will tour schools to campaign and dares the government to arrest him.
“…we will stop him. I dare Mahama to come to any school in the Ashanti Region, I will stop him and I will cease him from entering the Ashanti Region”.
Source: GNA
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I pray that wontumi would try to stop Mahama from entering any school. Like if he wontumi manage to escape next time it serve as example to others
WHY DO PEOPLE TAKE THIS GUY SERIOUSLY AT ALL. HE IS A COMEDIAN. AT IS ALL.
What the Civil Society Organizations should know is that any attempt by Wontumi to stand in the way of President Mahama can result in the death of Wontumi because there are people ready to protect President Mahama so the earliest they rise to condemn it, the better. Any attempt to heckle President Mahama will be bad news for Wontumi and NPP. A word to the wise is enough.
HOW COULD YOU GE CAMPAIGNING IN THE SHS GROUNDS ARE THEY NDC DELEGATES. JOHN MAHAMAH TOO SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH HIM.
DID WONTUMI SAY MAHAMA SHOULD NOT COME TO ASHANTI REGION? HE SAID THAT THEY WILL STOP MAHAMA TO GO TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 5-3-2-1 formation AND THE LIKES OF JB, WOULD YOU ALLOW THE SCHOOL OF YOUR CHILD TO BE TURNED INTO A POLITICAL ARENA? THIS IS COMM--ON SEN--SE !!!!!. THIS IS WISDOM ON THE PART OF WONTUMI. BECAUSE OF POLITICS, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT THINKING. THE OTHER DAY, I HEAD ON ASEMPA WHERE A FORMER NDC MP OF EJURA, BY NAME PENGABU, WAS ACCUSED BY HIS PARTY MEMBERS FOR ENTERING INTO THIS "PLANTING FOR FOOD AND JOBS" AS A SEED MAIZE PRODUCER!!!! WHAT IS ACTUALLY WRONG WITH US, SPECIFICALLY NDC? WOULD EVEN ANI-MALS THINK THIS WAY???
I THINK WONTUMI OR WAT U CALL HIM IS CRAZY STOPPING FORMER PRESIDENT U DEY MAD INFACT IS CHILDISH TALK
Wontumi thinks he is the only man around, he will surely reap what he is sowing. Let the opinion leaders look on sheepishly, when it happen we shall see if they will escape
Wontumi if you were educated well you should have not talking any how you like. You talk like a baby. Look NDC will win 2020 polls hands down because go to Asafo and Kedjetia markets and ask the women how their trading is going and stop behaving like a ***barred word***, who are you ?
THE GOVENOR OF ASHANTI HAS SPOKEN..IF HE IS A MAN HE SHLD TRY
Mr Mathew Kojo Njourkone, Is Senior High School some of your delegates who will vote for you? What are you going to do at the schools. Chairman Womumi we will support you.