President Akufo-Addo’s personal lawyer and long time friend, Akoto Ampaw has distanced the first gentleman from his Pro-gay advocacy.
Mr. Akoto Ampaw is part of a team of 18 academics and professionals who have objected to the criminalization of LGBTQI in Ghana.
Many have linked Mr Ampaw’s strong advocacy to the President, however, the astute lawyer insists that his advocacy is of his own volition and not instigated by the President.
“I do not represent the President of Ghana, I do not. I am his lawyer alright but in terms of my views on public issues, I do not parrot the views of the President. There are policies that they pursue that I do not agree with,” Akoto Ampaw claimed, saying, “I am an independent person.”
The President’s lawyer also claimed that he is not sycophantic towards the Ghanaian leader like most people would be. “I am not like those Ghanaians who because of money and other things will say that my friend is the President so everything he says I will accept. That is not how I have led my life.”
Source: GhanaFeed.Com
