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A Former Mayor of Accra, Nii Adjiri Blankson has asked supporters of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) to treat comments by a leading member of the party, Richard Anane with the contempt it deserves. In a statement, he asked Mr. Anane to be circumspect and truthful in his comments on party matters. Dr. Anane at the campaign launch of one of the party�s presidential aspirants , blamed the two-time presidential candidate of the party, Nana Akufo-Addo for the friction between him and ex-President John Kufuor. He alleged that Nana Addo and his campaign team in 1998 approached party elders including the late Bernard Da Rocha and the then party chairman, Samuel Odoi-Sykes to ask Kufuor to step down although he had been voted as the NPP�s flagbearer for the 2000 elections. But in a rebuttal, the former Mayor described the allegation as callous and diabolical. �I find such ugly and noisy aberration from Dr. Richard Anane simply as tired, confused and flaccid father who forcibly wants to put his child to sleep by talking ananse sem stories� �Dr. Richard Anane is a matured politician who should know better, particularly with that singular opportunity he had to tell the much needed audience at Lapaz of the virtues and programme of his candidate and my good friend Alan but wasted time lying and creating so much embarrassment to his team,� he said. According to him, �Dr. Anane has lied and should be made to retract his attempts to undermine the Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo success train� He further assured Nana Addo�s supporters to stand firm and resolute.