Permit me to harmlessly ask why Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said all die-be-die!? I am almost three decades younger than the man Nana Addo but I can tell when a man is desperate. Nana Addo does not want to be labelled as one who wanted to be a president as happened to the late Adu Boahen (May His Soul Rest In Peace). He fought a tough fight in election 1992 but lost to a legend in Ghana politics; a living legend: Ft Lt J. J. Rawlings.
Nana Addo wants to be a president of the Republic of Ghana. As he put it at KNUST, by all means. I guess he is living in a different world where he thinks threats will push majority of Ghanaians to vote for him. The mention of majority has struck a note in my head. Tone or semitone that is. The tune raised by the Red-White-Blue choir master; Jake Obetsebi Lamptey. Akans form the 'majority' and if they have .... in Cote D'Ivoire, why can't we in Ghana? Thankfully, most of the choresters did not sing to the tune. That is the Ghanaian for you; you can not push 'majority' to dance to your tune if it is not danceable.
The rejection of the 'All-Die-Be-Die' mantra led to 'Akans are majority' which was equally rejected by the same majority; then came 'By All Means' which was simply ignored. The NPP and it's leadership not satisfied, are using another channel; Peter 'Mark' Manu to threaten Ghanaians once again.
Hahaaaaaa! I laughed when I heard this on radio. No wonder this chairman could not lead the NPP to victory in 2008. He was busy licensing his gun. He should waste the time left for campaign acquiring and licensing guns for footsoldiers and not guide them to adopt appropriate campaign tactics. Nobody in NDC will pick a gun but we will not sit for anybody from NPP to threaten us with a gun.
If MacManu and Nana Addo have so soon forgotten, this misdirection or is it misconception is what led to the painful murder of the NPP's Dome-Kwabenya chairman; May His Soul Rest In Peace. This man had a gun, armed robbers went to his house, successfully robbed him of his cash, about to leave, he reached for his gun, one of the robbers turned, he dropped the gun, the robber went for it and shot him. As for the gun, you can own; licensed or not. You can also brandish it anytime anywhere but your ability to misuse it as instructed is another matter. Empty barrels, they say, make the most noice.
This also reminds me of an advert by MTN towards the CAN 2008, when the Black Stars skipper said; 'LET THEM COME' in response to an alert by a child, 'THEY ARE COMING' They idea was to prove to fans that he and his mates were ready for whoever but when they came, he was nowhere to be found. He was injured and out. When the NDC is shouting 'WIN' in election 2012, the NPP is shouting 'GUNS & CUTLASSES' They will get to realize rather late that the tools for election 2012 are thumbs, ballot papers and ballot boxes. NDC is preparing over sea, land and air to defend the GOOD NAME OF GHANA.
Election 2012 is a done deal for the sober, God fearing and soft spoken President; His Excellency John Evans Atta-Mills. The threats and war mongering are but display of fear of the obvious. A huge lose for Nana Addo and the NPP. Arrogance does not win elections. Threats can not win you election. I can not imagine how anybody born of a woman can walk to me on election day and ask me to step aside because he believes in All-Die-Be-Die or he is Akan just as I am or he has a gun just like my late grandfather had which has been inherited by my uncle and just as my father has or even because he believes Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo must By-All-Means be a president, for him to tamper with the decision of the people of Ghana/Biakoye/Tapa-Amanya/Asuwa(R.C.Primary). That is the day we will know who thinks what he believes.
If the NPP is blood thirsty and wish for war, they should reconsider their decision because it is a field they can not succeed on. If they are afraid of the obvious, they should go back to the drawing board and get a strategy that will go down well with Ghanaians. We can not be threatened to accepting what we dislike. Nana Addo and his NPP should drop the threats and come again. Think election 2012, think PEACE, think NDC, think Prof. Mills. Eye Zu, Eye za
Nice day fellow Ghanaians.
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