Akufo-Addo was my personal lawyer; we are still friends - Otumfuo

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July 15, 2016 2:13 PM

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II made this known when Nana Akufo-Addo paid a courtesy call on him and the Asanteman Council, at the Manhyia Palace on Thursday, July 14, 2016, as part of the NPP flagbearer’s tour of the Ashanti Region.

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The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has revealed that the 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, was his personal lawyer, and the pair still remain good friends.

“Akufo-Addo is my lawyer, I want all of you here to listen. I used to go to court with him, at a time he was not involved in frontline politics, and when I was not a Chief. He never charged me a pesewa for the cases he did for me. We even sat in the same car most of the time,” he said.

According to the Asantehene, “the tradition out of which the NPP was born hailed from the Manhyia Palace. The financing of the party was also done by Manhyia, leading it to what it has become today. Baffuor Akoto, the leader of the National Liberation Movement, was even ‘sacrificed’ for the cause.”

He said “as a Chief, all I am fighting for is education for all the school going children, quality and affordable healthcare for my people, good roads for the communities and jobs for my young men and women. The good of Ghana and of my people is what I am after. I am after one who will come work for my people.”

The Asantehene also charged the NPP flag bearer to avoid the use of intemperate language during his campaign.

“As you are campaigning, I am closely monitoring what you are saying and the policies you are outlining to the people. What I am happy is that you have assured Asanteman that you are going to add on to the successes chalked by President Kufuor. Wherever your campaign takes you to, take your time and outline the various interventions you will put in place to ensure access to education, healthcare, good roads and jobs,” Otumfuo said.

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