Kojo Oppong Nkrumah threatens legal action against NDC aspirant

daniel russell

November 20, 2015 1:01 PM

Mr Karma’s team is said to have doctored Mr Nkrumah’s poster and replaced the face of the NPP candidate with that of the NDC aspirant.

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah

The campaign team for Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Parliamentary Candidate for Ofoase Ayirebi on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has advised Moses Karma, an aspirant in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) primaries and his team to 'develop their own original materials and utilise for their campaign' than plagiarising the former’s or face legal actions.

A statement signed by Paul Asamoah, Campaign Manager for Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said they “shall not hesitate to take all necessary steps to protect the copyrights inherent in Mr Nkrumah and the NPPs communication materials.”

Below is the full statement:

The Campaign team of Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah NPP Parliamentary Candidate for Ofoase Ayirebi, has taken notice of an act of plagiarism of Mr Nkrumah's campaign paraphanelia being used in the ongoing NDC primaries in the Bibiani Ahwiaso Bekwai constituency by campaigners for one of the candidates in the NDC primaries- Mr Moses Karma.Mr Karma's campaigners have doctored a widely circulated poster of Mr Nkrumah, and have replaced Mr Nkrumah's face with that of the NDC candidate and have superimposed their candidates face on Mr Nkrumah's body in the said poster. Additionally they have deleted NPP symbols and Mr Nkrumahs campaign hashtags and have instead replaced it with that of their candidate.Finally, they have copied Mr Nkrumah's taglines and values in a bid to market their candidate in a manner akin to how Mr Nkrumah was marketed in the NPP primaries.The totality of the modifications to the poster and the attempt to make it appear as the work of the NDC candidate is an act of plagiarism which must be condemned. While we are flattered that our communication materials are attractive to the NDC campaigners, we implore the candidate and his team to develop their own original materials and utilise for their campaign.Politics should be about truth and values and not fabrications.We shall not hesitate to take all necessary steps to protect the copyrights inherent in Mr Nkrumah and the NPPs communication materials.Paul AsamoahCampaign Manager

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