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Mahama Missing At NDC Victory Rally

Mahama Missing At NDC Victory Rally

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Source: Daily Guide / 24.12.2012 - Post Election

President John Dramani Mahama was conspicuously missing at what can be described as a hurriedly arranged victory rally of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the Trade Fair Site in La, Accra, on Saturday.

The NDC was forced to issue a directive to party executives nationwide, through its General Secretary Johnson Asiedu-Nketiah, to celebrate the controversial declaration of Mr. Mahama as president-elect by Electoral Commission Chairman Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, after allegations that the December 7 general election was fixed in the NDC’s favour.

At the time the rally was going on, the president was said to be making preparations to fly to South Africa to chill there as part of a private visit.

Indeed, a communication from the presidency signed by John Abdulai Jinapor, the president’s spokesperson, later confirmed DAILY GUIDE’s suspicion.

According to John Jinapor’s statement, the President was expected back in Accra on Sunday, December 30, 2012.

The statement said Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, in the absence of Mr. Mahama, shall, in accordance with Article 60(8) of the constitution, act as President during the period that the President will be away.

Since the results were announced, the opposition NPP has resorted to seeking legal redress, instead of using violence, to achieve its objective after it claimed Dr. Afari-Gyan unjustifiably gave the elections to the NDC.

The Nana Akufo-Addo-led NPP has been using dialogue to explain its side of the story to religious bodies and other civil society organizations

It is clear everybody wants peace in Ghana but what happened at the NDC victory rally leaves much to be desired.

At a time everybody in the country is crying for peace, NDC gurus used the rally to rain insults on the opposition for not accepting the election results, even though the NDC never accepted the 2004 election results which gave then President John Agyekum Kufuor a second term in office.

Speaker upon speaker took turns to taunt and denigrate the NPP, particularly the personality of the party’s candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo.

Party chairman Dr. Kwabena Adjei, Asiedu-Nketiah aka General Mosquito, National Organiser Yaw Boateng Gyan, Sam P. Yalley among others were at the event.

Yaw Boateng Gyan, who prior to the election had been exposed in a secret recording for plotting with NDC foot-soldiers to infiltrate the security agencies and cause mayhem, said he did not understand why Nana Akufo-Addo should talk about his (Gyan) nefarious activities.

He warned the NPP flag-bearer to stop associating his (Gyan’s) name with violence or else he (Akufo Addo) would urinate in public just as he was rumoured to have done near a mosque in Gonjaland last year.

He claimed that the NPP’s defeat, which was a subject of contention, was signaled by Nana Akufo-Addo’s fall on stage during a rally in Kumasi in the run-up to the elections.

He also said that the electorate did not vote the NPP into power because God did not create their flag-bearer to be president.

Although the late President Mills would have sought a second term in office at the same age as Nana Akufo-Addo, had the law professor not died, General Mosquito said that the NPP candidate could not be president because he was too old

He said Nana Akufo-Addo had no business contesting the election because he was the oldest among the candidates.

Asiedu-Nketiah claimed the “class mates” of the NPP candidate had now graduated to the Council of State and urged Nana Akufo-Addo to do same.

He taunted the NPP, saying the NDC, under President John Mahama, was magnanimous and had reserved a seat for Nana Akufo-Addo as a Council of State member but he should first disown his “all-die-be-die” comment and the free SHS mentality.

Sam Pee Yalley also claimed that the NPP’s decision not to accept the December 7 verdict showed that the opposition party was violent.

He said once all the parties signed the peace accord in Kumasi before the elections, the NPP should have accepted the outcome of the polls.

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  2. NPP will come back stronger in 2016 – Karbo  (31.08.2013)
  3. 'Supreme Court judgement victory for all'  (31.08.2013)
  4. FULL SPEECH: What Nana Akufo-Addo said after the verdict  (31.08.2013)
  5. Asiedu Nketia to NPP: 'Lies don’t bring about electoral reforms'  (31.08.2013)
  6. Our credibility is still solid - E.C  (31.08.2013)
  7. Praise Afari-Gyan for Ghana’s peace not Akufo-Addo - Asiedu Nketia  (31.08.2013)
  8. EC not corrupt but incompetent – Arthur K (31.08.2013)
  9. Akufo-Addo made a better speech than Mahama - Kwesi Pratt (31.08.2013)
  10. Full text: Prez Mahama's post-verdict address to the nation (31.08.2013)
  11. Election Petition has been 8 months of legal education - Karbo (31.08.2013)
  12. EC needs structural reforms - Kufuor - 31. August 2013, Ghana Election News
  13. I'm coming; Akufo-Addo tells Supreme Court (24.12.2012)
  14. Mahama Missing At NDC Victory Rally
  15. NPP assures Ghanaians of victory in Court
  16. NPP will proceed to court if the evidence is strong - Arthur K
  17. Police-state harassment a result of election fraud - NPP (24.12.2012)
  18. Press Conference On NPP's Allegations
  19. Shut Up! PNC Fires Ayariga (22.12.2012)
  20. The courts are your only option – Pianim cautions NPP (22.12.2012)
  21. Chief Justice to hear NPP & Akufo-Addo
  22. My Victory is for all Ghanaians- President Mahama
  23. NPP storms Nana house - DAILY GUIDE show damning evidence of systematic NDC vote  inflation across the country
  24. NPP likely to go to court to challenge poll results (11.12.2012)
  25. EC not above the law- Kufuor
  26. NPP to prove alleged electoral fraud later today
  27. I wish NPP were banned from Ghanaian politics - Tony Aidoo
  28. Mahama to set up transition team Monday...
  29. NPP supporters call on leadership to challenge election results
  30. Chief Justice Sets Up Complaints' Secretariats for Post Elections Petitions
  31. Joy FM journalists attacked by NPP supporters  - The Joy team is currently being held at the Nima Police Station for their own safety...
  32. No need for court- AU observer mission
  33. AU chairman to meet Akufo-Addo, Mahama
  34. 17 year-old dies celebrating NDC's victory
  35. Statement: NPP disagrees with E.C declaration of results (10.12.2012)
  36. Mahama should build nation through all-inclusive gov't - Ayariga
  37. Profile of Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama
  38. Election 2012: Mahama retires Akufo-Addo
  39. Raymond blasts Jake over threat to annul results
  40. I am overwhelmed by the victory - Prez Mahama 
  41. Thousands jubilate in President Mahama's victory  .


  1. For all other Election News (from 10th December) - See Main Page - 
  2. NDC supporters throng party Headquarters
  3. Ghana election: Opposition NPP alleges vote fraud
  4. Heavy security presence at EC 
  5. NPP have problem with maths- Asiedu Nketia
  6. PPP calls on EC to delay announcement
  7. We will investigate credible claims if possible- EC
  8. ‘NDC will win to continue the Better Ghana Agenda’
  9. NPP sweeps Tema Parliamentary Seats
  10. Dec. 7 polls: 28 women elected as MPs
  11. NPP Charges Polling Agents
  12. Obasanjo describes Ghana’s election as transparent, free and fair
  13. Appiah Ofori: Why Npp Will Lose
  14. Statement: NDC lauds Peace Council timely intervention
  15. CODEO Commends E.C And Ghanaians
  16. NPP’s Ayikoi Otoo loses Krowor, refuses to concede
  17. PRESS RELEASE!! Movement for Mahama
  18. Election 2012: Joy Fm calls for Mahama
  19. NPC condemns NPP for declaring election results 
  20. NDC urges members to be calm and wait for EC results
  21. President Has Narrow Lead as Second Day of Voting Finishes
  22. Election Winner to be known today (09.12.2012)
  23. Stay calm NDC is ahead - Asiedu Nketia
  24. Presidential and parliamentary election produces amazing outcome in Western Region
  25. Defeated parliamentary candidates contest defeat
  26. EC denies engaging Israeli company to transmit results
  27. Ablekuma North: Machomen burn ballot papers
  28. Ningo residents angry over E.T. Mensah’s win 
  29. Election results can't be doctored - Afari-Gyan
  30. 2 ballot boxes missing at Zabzugu
  31. NPP claims Akufo-Addo cruising with 51.8%, Hannah Tetteh denies losing
  32. Moses Asaga lose Nabdam seat to Boniface Agambilla
  33. NPP supporters besiege private property in Ayawaso-West Wuogon
  34. NDC tells EC to rectify electoral hitches 
  35. Voting to resume in polling stations where verification machines failed 
  36. Agyarko sure of NPP victory
  37. PPP performance very disappointing - Chairman...
  38. Ablekuma West: Ursula & Victoria claim to be winning...
  39. NPP: Only 1% of polling stations vote today
  40. NPP Reminds NDC
  41. Ghana election: Voting enters second day (08.12.2012)
  42. Mike Hammah loses Efutu seat
  43. Nkrumah & Afeku lose, Bissiw, Jamal win
  44. ET Mensah denies losing seat
  45. NDC Urges Followers To Be Vigilant
  46. Adwoa Sarfo reportedly cruising to victory
  47. Ghana decides 2012: Provisional results 
  48. Close of Polls: CODEO Situational Report 
  49. NPP statement: Prez Mahama is interfering in electoral matters
  50. Vote so you are not governed by fools - Mahama
  51. PNC Chairman dead in fatal accident, EC officials injured
  52. Let people with valid IDs vote; verification or not - Prez Mahama
  53. Early voting in Kumasi characterized by long queues
  54. Majority of electorates in Ho likely to vote by mid-day
  55. Voting process delayed in Dome- Kwabenya
  56. Voting delays at Anyaa sowutuom
  57. Former Prez Rawlings casts his ballot at PWD I centre
  58. Ghana is bigger and more important than any of us- Prez Mahama
  59.  Voting takes off at all centres


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