Even President Akufo-Addo can't control Ken Agyapong - NPP MP admits
1st June 2018
President Akufo-Addo cannot control what controversial Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong does or says, Suhum Constituency MP, Fredrick Opare-Ansah has admitted.
According to him, Mr. Agyapong is an individual whose actions cannot be linked to that of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government.
His comments comes after National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini accused the Akufo-Addo led government of sponsoring Kennedy Agyapong to attack ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
Speaking on an Accra based radio station, the Tamale North lawmaker observed Mr. Agyapong’s relentless attacks on Anas may be state sponsored.
He stated; “Talking of intolerance, a celebrated journalist like Anas Aremeyaw Anas is facing some state sponsored threat,” he told Morning Starr host Francis Abban, adding: “The pictures being brandished on social media could have been obtained from state agencies like the Immigration service because they are passport pictures.”
However, Mr. Opare-Ansah rubbished the claims by Suhuyini arguing that “Kennedy Agyapong is Kennedy Agyapong and that His actions cannot be said to represent the NPP or the State.”
The fact that Mr. Agyapong is speaking his mind, asserted Opare-Ansah, does not mean the state has a hand in what he says.
“Even President Nana Akufo-Addo cannot control what Kennedy Agyapong says. He just speaks his mind…it doesn’t mean the State is supporting his position on Anas Aremeyaw Anas,” he added.
The award winning undercover journalist is scheduled to release his latest expose’ on corruption in Ghana football dubbed 'Number 12' in Accra on June 6 and 7 at the Accra International Conference Centre and in Kumasi on 9th and 10th June, Tamale on 13th June and in Takoradi on 16th 2018.