Okatakyie Afrifa-Mensah, a Ghanaian media personality now based in the United States, has told former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta he is denting the image of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
According to Okatakyie Afrifa-Mensah, Ken Ofori-Atta is making the NPP distasteful and unattractive over his refusal to come back to Ghana to face his corruption-related offences.
He stressed that Ofori-Atta is making it seem that all NPP members are thieves.
Speaking in a video shared on social media, Okatakyie Afrifa-Mensah stated, “You have made the party look like there are no leaders, so everyone can do whatever he or she wants. When Ken Ofori-Atta was the Minister of Finance, we cautioned him about his poor performance and even called for his resignation. Ken, the way you are going, you are disgracing the NPP, but he made it clear that there was no way he would resign”.
“The fact that you have refused to come and answer questions goes a long way to denting the image of the NPP. It makes it look like all members of the party are thieves. We warned you while you were doing it. What sort of disgusting behaviour is that? Just come and face your charges, you don’t want to come,” he stated.
The Ghanaian media personality added, “Right now, the NPP is not what it used to be. It looks distasteful. If he believes he has done nothing wrong, he should come and answer questions so that confidence in the party can be rebuilt.
“Even when you were sick, and your face was swollen, did you resign? The party you don’t care about. The middle class of the party do not wish to join the NPP because of the things Paul Yandoh and Chairman Wontumi”.
Wontumi, a whole regional Chairman, became a symbolof comedy”, he added.
Meanwhile, Victor Smith, Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United States, has revealed that the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed Ken Ofori-Atta was medically fit to be detained.
According to Victor Smith, ICE had medical personnel assess Mr Ofori-Atta to show that he was fit to be detained.
Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express, Ghana’s US Envoy explained, “Yes, the ICE people confirm that he was all right. Initially, they had medical people to determine whether he was fit to be held in the detention centre, and they were convinced and were assured that he was okay”.
“He was on medication, but he wasn’t seeing any doctor at the time, and he had his medication, so he could be put in the detention centre. They had caused him to be assessed by the medical personnel, not themselves,” he said.
“If he had any serious medical conditions, maybe they would have referred him to a medical facility outside the detention centre,” he added.
Victor Smith further revealed that the Ghana embassy made efforts to see Ofori-Atta, but he refused to see them.
He detailed, “I discussed it with the consular officers of my embassy, and we decided to make a request to make sure that he was being treated properly, as per international protocols,” he said.
“Just before we set out, the ICE agents came again and said the detainee had refused to meet with us without his lawyers. After about a few hours, they came back to us to say the detainee, being the ex minister, had refused now to see us under any circumstances,” he said.
“The ICE agents came here. The representative came to my office,” he said.
“We’re a bit of a disappointment, because I know Ken personally. He may not be my friend, but I know him personally,” he said.
“Being a Ghanaian and being our responsibility, so to speak, in a host country, I felt that if we had had the opportunity to at least hear about, if he had some concerns for us, to probably try and assist. So shutting the door in our face and not wanting to see us under any circumstances was a bit unfortunate,” he said.
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