National Security likely to invite Koku over coup comment – Hamid

Minister of Information, Mustapha Abdul Hamid has hinted that the Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho is likely to be invited by the National Security after he declared that there will be a civil coup to oust President Akufo-Addo.

Mr Anyidoho in an interview with Happy FM Monday stated that a strategically planned series of activities are to kick-start from Wednesday, March 28, 2018 with a planned nationwide demonstration against the government in protest of the Ghana-US Military agreement which was ratified last Friday by Parliament.

“Somebody should tell Nana Akufo Addo that history has a very interesting way of repeating itself. On the 13th of January 1972, a certain Col. Ignatius Kutu Acheampong led an insurrection movement that removed the Progress Party in power. Busia was the Prime Minister, Akufo Addo’s father was the Ceremonial President.

Somebody should tell Akufo Addo that history has a way of repeating itself, there will be a civil revolt, there’ll be a people movement. When President Mahama was in power, Let My Vote Count Alliance and OccupyGhana didn’t they say there were.

“There’ll be a civilian coup d’etate , there’ll be a social revolution. We’re starting on Wednesday, Akufo Addo will have a headache, he’ll experience stomach upset, he says he was to be President of this country, we’ll make sure he’s fed up at the Presidency.”

Although the NDC has distanced itself from Mr Anyidoho’s comments, the latter has said he stands by them.

But the Information Minister in an interview on Citi FM condemned the comments of the former presidential spokesperson as careless and treasonable.

He urged the NDC to strongly condemn Anyidoho’s comments as disassociating itself is not enough.

“As it is done everywhere in the world if people make treasonable comments, alluding to the fact that they intend to overthrow a government it will be important for the security agencies to have a chat with him to find out how he intends to that and if indeed there was a plot which is already at an advance stage.”