Danquah Smith Butey, the Acting National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has refuted claims made by Dr Richard Anane suggesting that Kwame Baffoe (Abronye DC) insulted former President John Agyekum Kufuor during a recent party meeting.
According to him, the reports are misleading, and he further criticised Dr Richard Anane for publicising the issue.
Speaking on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, Danquah Smith Butey stated, “It wasn’t that Abronye disrespected President Kufuor. The misunderstanding arose from a meeting where the former President made some proposals. It’s an in-house matter that should never have been made public”>
“Abronye did not insult President Kufuor. He constantly referred to him as his in-law during the discussion. If he had insulted him, I would never have tolerated it,” he stressed.
His comments come after a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Richard Winfred Anane, has said Abronye DC confronted and disrespected former President John Agyekum Kufuor during a meeting with party executives.
According to Dr Anane, the meeting, which took place about a week ago, was attended by senior party officials, including former President Kufuor.
He explained that during the meeting, Kufuor expressed his displeasure with the party’s “top-bottom approach” by electing a presidential candidate first before the national executive.
Kufuor argued that such a strategy was not beneficial to the NPP’s unity and effectiveness.
Speaking in an interview on Kasapa FM, Dr Richard Winfred Anane stated, “Normally, we don’t bring party matters outside, but I will say this, about a week ago, the party had a meeting, and President Kufuor attended. He told them about the top-bottom approach, asserting that it is not a good idea.”
He revealed that Kufuor emphasised the national chairman had not been very active for certain reasons, urging the party to allow those who want to be chairman of the party to lead the party back on track.
Kufuor urged the leadership to foster collaboration among all chairpersons to strengthen the party’s structure.
Dr Anane revealed Abronye DC reacted disrespectfully to the former President’s comments during the meeting.
He added, “Do you know who reacted? The Bono Chairman, Abronye. Where was Abronye when we formed the party?”
“He said Kufuor had mentioned Paul Afoko’s name and that… what does he mean…the acting chairman had to apologise and several people present condemned Abronye’s utterances. Where the man has reached in life, has Abronye been there before?”
Kwame Baffoe Abronye, popularly known as Abronye DC, in a sharp rebuttal, Abronye has accused Dr Anane of stealing from the state when he was a minister in government.
Abronye also shockingly accused him of prescribing the wrong medication to his patients as a medical doctor.
Speaking on his show on Ohia TV, Abronye stated, “Dr Richard Anane is not a member of the Executive Council or the National Council because those are places where only knowledgeable people meet, and he doesn’t qualify to be there”.
“Apart from becoming a minister and making more money than I have, he doesn’t have anything I don’t have. He hasn’t gone to school more than I; the only thing he did was to steal from the state when he was a minister,” Abronye alleged.
He further reiterated, “When you were a medical doctor, you were even giving wrong prescriptions to people, and you were injecting people incorrectly, causing their deaths. The fact that you became a minister and you stole money and got more money than me, you are not more educated than I am. If the two of us are standing, you can clearly see the difference between the two of us”.
He further called on Dr Anane to come for a debate with him if he claims he has served the NPP more than he has.
“So, for his claim that he has been in the party longer than I have, that should be debated between the two of us,” Abronye declared.
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Abronye did not disrespect Kufuor at NPP meeting — Acting National Chairman clarifies
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