The former District Chief Executive for the Bolgatanga District of the Upper East Region Rev. Emmanuel Abole has accused the Upper East Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Lawyer Anthony Namoo of sabotage.
The former DCE made the revelation during an interview with Apexnewsgh.com on Monday, October 11, 2021
Mr. Abole accused the Regional party chairman Anthony Namoo, the Current Bolga East District Chief Executive (DCE) David Amoah and one Malik Anabila Afeghera from the Zaurungu Chief Palace of Sabotage during his time in office as DCE and the election period.
He however said, he has no skeleton in his cardboard and must not be afraid to say his mind to any wrongdoing.
“Am known to be bold, as bold as a lion as the bible says, I have no skeleton in his cardboard. So, when am constructing issues, I construct them without fear or favor. So, the Regional Chairman has issues with me and let me highlight a few of them before I come to the rejoinder. For example, Hon. David Amoah who is now the District Chief Executive was the key person or the frontline person used by the Regional Chairman and his financier Malik Anabila Afeghera who is from the Zaurungu Chiefs palace but staying in Accra.
He further accused the Regional Chairman of been rude, arrogant and disrespectful to even party elders in the region and at the national.
“All he can sometimes do is to snub, I wasn’t too surprised when I later heard he does it even at the national level against the general secretary and a number of others. So, that is a character well-known in the party at the highest level that he is arrogant and he is rude and disrespectful”. He stated
He said, reading the rejoinder issued by the Regional Chairman, you could see that his language was simply to insult somebody who is old enough to be his father.
However, Mr. Abole has vowed to chronicle all his grievances when he settled well at his current working location. He further stated that 3 mentioned personalities teamed up to sabotage him from all angles.
“When I was cutting sod to begin this One Village One Dam in the various communities, I invited my constituency chairman who is currently the DCE now, he refused to attend all the sod cutting and even Kumbosco which is his own community and his own backyard he refused to attend. Then you ask yourself, what is his purpose for him being in the seat? To some extent, I even have to call him when am going out to commission a borehole that has been constructed, I invited him and he refused. At some stage, I was compelled now to put the invitation into writing and copied to the regional chairman, he snubs all those ones as well. That is why i said i had issues with the regional chairman”. He pointed
“He teamed up with them to sabotage me greatly from all these angles and, I think with time, I will chronicle them very effectively for everybody to see and that is my disappointment. He wants to describe me as bitter person who could not come to terms with change. He does not know the things I have gone through and survived, which if it were him, he would have been crushed to death by now. He doesn’t know me”. Mr. Abole stressed
Meanwhile, responding to some of the accusations by Mr. Abole, the Upper East Regional Chairman of governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Lawyer Anthony Anamoo questioned why Mr. Abole is harboring all these issues for long without reporting it the party elders. He believes what the former DCE is doing is a calculated attempt to project a certain candidate and ran him down because he knows the regional election is coming.
“We have party elders at the region and constituency, he never for once mentioned all these things to them. So, why would he wait after the election and he also knows that the regional election is also coming and if he has a candidate and he wants to back, he back a candidate but to run me down in other for him to project his candidate is a wrong call he has embarked and I know God willing he will fail. When the election was over, there was a fact-finding committee that was sent across the region. The region has a fact-finding committee and national have and in the report, he never mentioned all these things he is now mentioning. He is not doing all these things in good fate” He stated
He believes the action of the former DCE, is impugning the decision of the President because what he is saying, in summary, means that the President made a wrong decision.
“He is impugning the decision of the President because from what he is saying, if you summarized everything he said, it means the President made a wrong choice and that is unfortunate. His statement actually means that the President was very right in not reappointing him. Because, this is a young man who has just been appointed by the President, he said, he is comfortable with his appointment. Why can’t he give him the 100 day period we normally give for a honeymoon? The NDC that is even in Opposition is not doing this and you are the immediate past DCE. So, it is expected that what issue you have you keep quiet then later when the person had stepped in. So, he wants the person to be drown right from the onset and I think that is unfortunate. He told Apexnews Gh
Responding to the accusation of preventing sponsorship against Mr. Abole during the election campaign season, Chairman denied the accusation.
“Another, allegation he made against me personally was that someone wanted to sponsor him and I denied him the opportunity. Indeed, the regional party supported Mr. Abole financially during the campaign and so, if somebody actually wanted to give money to him, there was no way I could prevent the person not to sponsor any parliamentary candidate because we are going for an election. Is unfortunate he did not mention the person who made that statement”. Lawyer Anamoo said
Meanwhile, Apexnews Gh contacted Mr. Malik Anabila Afeghera for his response he said, even though he didn’t listen to Mr. Abole accusations against him, he will leave everything to God and for the sake of the party.
“Even though i did not hear what he said, all that I can say is that being a politician and a family man, I will not want to break my own house, I will say that posterity will judge us. But, if you want to know whether am a saboteur, a party lover, or anything, just walk on the street of any town in the Upper East Region and asked who is Malik and they will tell you what I have done for the party. I give everything to God and will only advise that, Is just like a person in the bathroom and a mad man came and took his dress, you won’t start running after him, you will rather call someone to bring you something to cover yourself. So, I give everything to the almighty God to be the judge for the sake of the party and posterity”. Mr. Malik told Apexnews Gh
He further added that, is God who makes human being a leader and the same God who remove leaders.
Meanwhile, Apexnews Gh efforts to reach out to Mr. David Amoah were unsuccessful as our calls went unanswered and the message was not responded to.
