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Jerry John Rawlings and Felix Ofosu Kwakye

Former
President Jerry John Rawlings has swiftly responded to a ‘sharp-teethed’ attack
from former Deputy Information Minister Felix Ofosu Kwakye, describing him as a
‘little greedy neck.’

The
ex-President, who coined the phrase ‘babies with sharp teeth,’ was prompted
into action after the former deputy minister under the previous Mahama
administration told him to conduct himself like an elderly person.

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Former
President Rawlings coined ‘babies with sharp teeth’ and ‘greedy bastards’
during the previous Mills administration after coming under attack from youthful
appointees notorious for hurling insults at people with dissenting views.

The
former President, founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), gained
notoriety in the corridors of his own party for openly querying what he
considered traits of bad governance at the hands of his successors.

While
being hosted on a radio station, the former deputy minister was asked to react
to the charge by Mr. Rawlings that he had purchased two mansions in Accra for
$3 million, one of which he gave to his wife.

Visibly
infuriated, he asked that the former President should conduct himself properly and
avoid concluding on issues the way he had done.

Little Persons

In
a carefully crafted response on social media platform Twitter, the former
President told  Ofosu Kwakye, whom he
described as a ‘greedy neck’ and ‘a little person’, that his denial about the
two mansions is not surprising “since after all more important people have
denied bigger crimes and will continue to do same in future.”

He
said little persons like him “are entitled to stand their ground flamboyant and
aggressive talk. The law, nonetheless, will hopefully catch up with their
greedy necks.”

Initial Attack

The
former deputy communications minister, who is noted for his use of intemperate
language against political opponents, stated that the former President should
have called him for a discussion over the subject when he stumbled upon the information
about the mansion purchased instead of drawing conclusion.

“…You cannot say you are an elderly person
and yet when you are informed that someone has done something wrong, you won’t
even investigate the matter thoroughly before commenting openly, accusing the
person wrongly just like that….”

He fired again that “because he is an elderly
person whose words are taken as the gospel truth, that is the reason why he
should have been mindful of his utterances in order not to malign someone on
the basis of allegation without proof and that is why Ghanaians ought to be
disappointed,” he said.

According to Mr. Rawlings, a deputy minister who
served in the erstwhile Mahama-led NDC administration, bought two mansions
worth $3 million; each building cost $1.5 million from the property owner in
Accra after the NDC lost the 2016 general elections.

Origins of Anger

During one of the commemorations of the June 4 uprising, the
former President accused the former deputy information minister of buying two
mansions after the NDC lost power in 2016, a charge which has bothered him so
much.

According to Rawlings, “The property owner was very sad and he was very angry. Why do you think he was angry? Because he has sweated to build these houses to sell for profit and instead of the money to come into his account or being given a cheque, he was being given physical cash!”
“What that meant was that he had to spend the whole night counting the $1.5 million each times two, the $3 million. Do you get me?” he asked humorously.

More Fire

According to Kwakye Ofosu, “What he did
(the allegations Rawlings put out) should have rather come from a young man so
that he (Rawlings) can chastise and correct that person for drawing hasty
conclusion based on an allegation and not the other way around … We must take
note that we are doing politics and so we must be mindful of what we say; it
does not mean that due to politics, we must fabricate stories against others
because you are an elderly person.”

Coup Link

“After all, as a former President who has served this country for 19 years and even before the 19 years, he had attempted two coup d’états, and so for such a person, he should know the significance of investigating matters before action is taken because someone’s life is on the line…” 
“Therefore, should someone even snitch on somebody, you have to investigate the matter before you comment on it. Like I earlier indicated, the allegation has no basis; it is not true,” he added.

Special Prosecutor

On the alleged appearance of his name on the list of the Special Prosecutor, he said there is no crime in purchasing mansions in the country.
“First of all, they have alleged that I have bought a mansion; even if I have bought a mansion, I have flouted no law because there is no law that stops anybody from buying a mansion but as I have said, I have not bought any mansion but they have my name penned down as having bought a mansion….”
“I am asking that didn’t Martin Amidu and his team know the person who bought that mansion before they put my name down? If they don’t have a confirmation from the person who made the allegation, why have they added my name to the list? So clearly, this is a huge joke which must be thrown out because it does not make sense; it is baseless and pure lies,” he added.

By A.R. Gomda

The post ‘Your Greedy Necks’ – JJ Fires Mahama Boy appeared first on DailyGuide Network.

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