Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has reacted to the post-resignation comments by Deputy CEO of the Ghana Tourism Ghana Tourism Development Company (GTDC), Akua Blakofe.
According to Gabby, the Blakofe’s utterances are becoming “annoying” and smack of someone who has “a more sinister motive” for quitting her job.
Akua Blakofe tendered her resignation about two weeks ago over what she described as massive corruption at GTDC.
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But Gabby’s apparent anger stems from assertions by the resigned Deputy GTDC CEO that she has been targeted for elimination and no longer feels safe in the country because she told truth to power.
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“We woke up one morning to news that Fennec had been murdered. We woke to news JB Danquah had been murdered. We woke up to news about the young bank worker who was murdered. These are just 3 examples. Till date, no real concrete suspects have been dealt with. We don’t know what issues they had. I’m putting all my issues out on social media so if you wake to the news that I’ve been murdered or dead all of a sudden, you have a clue where to begin investigations. I really don’t see why we should get to this level. It means I’m speaking the truth and they need to get rid of me. I weep for Ghana. Truly it’s an Asylum,” she wrote on her Facebook wall.
Below are some of her utterances:
In a sharp response to the comments via the same medium, Gabby fired: “these are some of the little things that piss NPP folks right off. You joined the campaign at the very end. You were first seen to be pro-Mahama, but apparently fell out over what exactly we don’t know. The leadership acknowledged your campaign contribution and your value and rewarded you with an appointment to help your country. You resigned on principle and, in fact, won a lot of admiration (from me and many others) for that. But, now it seems like you want to start a whole negative campaign against the government. Who would want to kill you, Madam? Let’s get serious! Frankly, your utterances are getting annoying and making people feel that you have a more sinister motive. I hope not.
Below is Gabby’s facebook post