[ 2016-11-24 ]

Mahama: I won’t shed blood for power
President John Dramani Mahama has indicated he
will not subscribe to any form of bloodshed in
order to secure the presidency for another
four-year term.

“I am a unifier. I am a person who does not
support the shedding of any Ghanaian blood for any
kind of political power,” he said in an
interview with Ural Radio, a local radio station
in the Upper East Region.

Mr Mahama further explained: “Alhaji Adam (a
former New Patriotic Party regional chairman for
Upper East) was a contractor. He was working and
unfortunately the acid attack took away his life
and today his wife is a widow and his children
have been left fatherless. There was another
attack in Kumasi where someone was stabbed, a
young man, and he lost his life. These are all
unacceptable practices and nobody should die
because someone wants political power.”

Some clashes have been reported ahead of the
December 7 elections, with members of both the NDC
and the opposition NPP engaging in a scuffle at
the Nima residence of the flag bearer of the NPP,
Nana Akufo-Addo.

The US, UK, and the European Union (EU) condemned
the violence.

Skirmishes were also reported at Asokore in the
Eastern Region where many individuals got injured
with cars and other properties being vandalised as
members of two parties, who were on separate
health walks simultaneously, attacked one
another.

Without a direct reference to any incident, Mr
Mahama stated: “I have told my people to do as I
do and as I say.”

He was of the view that as a leader, the persona
one portrays is what the followers will emulate.
“I tell them (NDC members) to resist
provocation. Your duty is just to go and vote and
after 5pm you can go back and witness the
counting,” he said.

“So, all other leaders must make these same
commitments to peace… I believe that all other
political parties must make the same
commitment.”

Source - Classfmonline

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