Former President John Agyekum Kufour says allegations made against the Akufo-Addo government must be backed with evidence and not just mere hearsay.
In a yet to be aired interview on Citi TV in reaction to Sir Samuel Esson Jonah’s Rotary lecture about the return of the “culture of silence” under the incumbent Akufo-Addo administration, Kufour dispelled the claims as ‘unfounded’.
According to him, the murder of Ahmed Suale and other threats on the life of journalists, cannot be put at the door steps of the government because there’s no evidence government was behind it.
“Sam, a very responsible…member within the community to say that should not be treated casually, he must have something he is advocating and it is not for me to dispute him. I’m just saying when you allege you prove it, you don’t put all on the government as such,” he said.
“This government is my government. [The] people alleging that; are they saying that it is the government that killed [Ahmed Suale]? Can they prove it? So, we have to be careful. If you mean the investigative mechanisms of state are not rising to the occasion, say that, but don’t say that it is the government that killed and it killed as a result of intolerance, we have to be careful,” President Kufuor stated.
Source: GhanaFeed.com