Suspended Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koko Anyidoho has called on the General Secretary of the party Johnson Asiedu Nketiah to withdraw the letter suspending him.
Former deputy general secretary of the opposition who was recently suspended by the party has written to the party’s General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketiah challenging his ”alleged suspension”.
Mr. Anyidoho in his letter, said he noted with amusement, how his former boss vilified him in the media, pronouncing him as an”ex-member” of the umbrella family.
He stated in the letter that the chief scribe in a ”true gutless fashion”, failed to serve him personally, describing, the grounds on which he was suspended, which was anti-party conduct and indiscipline, as broad, vague, amorphous, and gross abuse of power.
He argued that article 47(g) of the party’s constitution enjoins all party members to uphold the fundamental human rights and freedoms in the constitution.
He questioned if the action by Mr. Mketiah does not constitute a violation of his rights as a citizen of the republic.
He reiterated that he remains a ”very loyal member of the NDC” glued to the value of unity, stability and development, which are evidenced by diligence that characterized his work at the presidency under the late President John Evans Atta-Mills.
Mr. Anyidoho wondered why his former Boss did not work at the Presidency but chose to rant about his working relationship with President Atta-Mills, hitting at his integrity and claiming that he [Anyidoho] created problems for the late President.
”Do you have any concrete evidence to back such loose vicious talk? Or is your vendetta against me so strong that it is causing you to conjure imaginative untruths?”
Mr. Anyidoho touted his achievements as someone who worked as a deputy under Mr. Nketiah with an unblemished record, hence it comes as a surprise to him [Anyidoho] that Mr. Nketiah is questioning his loyalty today.
Mr. Anyidoho stressed that although the constitution of Ghana and that of the party guarantees that people should be given a fair opportunity to defend themselves equitably and fairly, in his case, the party failed to serve him his hearing notice before he was removed as a member.
To him, his removal was fueled by pure unadulterated malice deliberately orchestrated to ensure his indefinite removal from the party.
”It is purely disheartening that someone of your calibre clothed with the responsibility of ensuring fairness and equity within the party would orchestrate and endorse such illegality rooted in prejudice.”
He has, therefore, given Mr. Mketiah 72 hours upon receipt of his letter to retract the purported notice of his expulsion given to the media and circulated to unsuspecting Ghanaians and similarly set aside the recommendations of the NDC.
