“My cry is that Akufo-Addo scammed us” – Lawyer Kpebu

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Former President Akufo-Addo and Martin Kpebu

Martin Kpebu, a Private legal practitioner, has once again launched a scathing attack on former President Akufo-Addo.

According to Martin Kpebu, the Akufo-Addo government regressed Ghana and left the nation in complete disarray.

Lawyer Kpebu stressed that his constant criticism of Akufo-Addo is because he scam Ghanaian people after they voted for him.

Speaking to the media, Lawyer Kpebu explained, “It’s what he’s done to all of us Ghanaians. Misgoverned us, retrogressed us. Look, when he took constitutional review for eight years, he didn’t allow us to do constitutional review that would enable us to elect MMDCs, to make them more accountable.

All the proposals that were brought up in the FIADU commission, he didn’t implement any. Look, corruption, he couldn’t fight corruption. He said he’s better than JM. Yet when he came out of his eight years, on the corruption perception index, even for one year, he couldn’t beat JM. One year, he couldn’t even beat JM,” he said.

He added, “It means eight zero, JM lashed Akufo-Addo 8 zero on the corruption perception index, JM did better on economy, JM did better on press freedom. JM did better on the democracy index, right? So my cry is that he’s a scam and will continue to say it. I’m not about to stop saying it.

When somebody is given so much, you know, power, we voted for him thinking that JM is not good, and then he came and did worse than JM. That’s how he will continue to mention him and hold him accountable. So it’s not about personal hatred”, he stated.

Lawyer Kpebu added, “He [Akuo-Addo] has to come with apologies upon apology, kneel down, to show that we are not fools. You don’t deceive citizens like that. I will fight corruption, I will do this, and then you come, then you turn out to be the mother serpent of corruption.”

Meanwhile, Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has voiced his disappointment and frustration with the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration.

According to Kufuor, Akufo-Addo rode on his achievements to win power, but caused the NPP’s defeat in the 2024 elections with his policies.

John Agyekum Kufuor highlighted that the Akufo-Addo government started promising in 2016, but after the COVID-19 pandemic, the government performed poorly.

According to John Agyekum Kufuor, the Akufo-Addo government, after COVID, was doing things he did not understand.

He revealed that the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration. Implemented policies like the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP), National Cathedral project and Power Distribution Services deal, which contributed significantly to the New Patriotic Party’s defeat in the 2024 elections.

Speaking in an interview with Deloris Frimpong Manso, shared on X on December 6, 2025, former President Kufuor explained, “Before the 2016 election in which Akufo-Addo was elected, the campaign was built on my achievements”.

“Those achievements played a key role in his victory. The government started on a good note, but things changed after he assumed power.”

During the 2016 election, they rode on my achievements to win power, but after they came into government, things changed… They started very well, but when COVID-19 came, things began to shift. I will commend him for how he handled the COVID-19 pandemic, but afterwards, I didn’t understand many of the things they were doing.

Things like the bond market and the National Cathedral… They didn’t consult me. All I knew was that they were building it. I initially thought it was a private initiative, only to later realise they were using government resources. They even demolished the judges’ building for it, and yet they still couldn’t complete it. Also, with the PDS”, he said.

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor further touched on the NPP defeat in the 2024 election, “In 2016, we won the election with a landslide victory. In the 2020 elections, there were tensions which led to a hung parliament; the president got a majority, but it was a reduced majority. Then four years later, it should be that you cannot take the Ghanaian electorate for granted”.

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