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Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt, believes the �goodwill� message issued by flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo to President Mills, is ill-intentioned and calculated to deepen the public perception that he (Mills) is unfit to run for re-election. To him, the �wording� of that particular statement was crafted in such a way as to lend credence to the rumour that President Mills was very sick and might pass on to eternal glory pretty shortly. Questions had been asked about the whereabouts of the president after he had not been seen in public for close to two weeks whilst communal violence ravaged parts of the country. Indeed, the grapevine through some social networking sites had it that the President had passed away, but a genial looking President Mills, decked in a blue-black suit with a dotted matching tie, told the media before departing for the United States for medical check-up that he had heard rumours. Whiles wondering the basis for such rumours, he assured Ghanaians that he was just going away for a few days to see his doctors. Subsequently, the Presidential candidate of the NPP issued a statement wishing the president well on his medical treatment abroad. ��we have �learnt last night [Sunday] from President Atta Mills that he was on his way to the United States to see doctors for medical treatment�He [Mills] takes with him the thoughts and prayers of all Ghanaians who wish him good health and a safe return to duty in a few days�I hope the checks go well and he comes back fit and strong,� Nana Addo said in the statement. But the seasoned journalist is clearly not enthused about the content of the message and says it is laced with mischief.