The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia has called on the public to ignore fake news on the selection of NDC running mate.
A release on purported letterhead of the NDC circulating on social media claimed the NDC’s Special Vetting Committee tasked to come up with a list of possible candidates for the position of running mate has listed Mr. Kwame Awuah Darko, Prof. Kwesi Botchwey, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, Mr. Kwesi Ahwoi, and Dr. Zenator Rawlings for consideration.
But in a statement issued May 5, 2020, by the General Secretary of NDC Johnson Asiedu Nketia said “My attention has been drawn to a fraudulent fake letter on the selection of the 2020 NDC Running Mate, purported to be signed and issued by me. First of all, I have not issued any such statement or cause such publication to be made on my behalf on the subject of selecting the NDC Running Mate. The general public is therefore advised to ignore any such frivolous and fictitious letter, which is clearly a creation of some unscrupulous persons, who want to divert attention from serious burning national issues.”
He added “Let me use this opportunity to emphasize that the purported letterhead, reference number, email address and signature on the said publication are all fake.
Secondly, no subcommittee of the party has been formed or tasked by the National Executive Committee for the selection of a Running Mate. For the avoidance of doubt, the procedures for selecting a Running Mate as prescribed under Article 43 of our party Constitution, does not include the formation of any such Sub-Committee.
This fake news comes in the wake of several attempts by some criminal minds to use the names of some high ranking officials of the party to defraud the unsuspecting public, including some Parliamentary Candidates of our party. This is utterly condemnable.
Even though I do not own any Facebook account, I have had cause to report to the cybercrime unit of the Ghana Police Service, activities of some criminally minded fraudsters who have created an account in my name and are using the same to defraud innocent citizens. We are eagerly awaiting action by the Cyber Crime Unit of the CID.”
Johnson Asiedu Nketia entreated teeming members, supporters, sympathizers, and the general public to ignore this fraudulent document. “We wish to assure all NDC members that leadership shall remain focused on the agenda to #KickNanaOut, no matter the machinations of our detractors.”
Read letter below:
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah
