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Free Tsikata in the spirit of
reconciliation – Afreh
Kumasi, Aug. 28, Ghanadot/GNA – A veteran politician in
Kumasi, Opanin Kwame Afreh, has appealed to the government
to pardon Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata, former boss of the Ghana
National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and also drop all
charges pending in court against former first lady, Nana
Konadu Agyeman Rawlings in the interest of peace and
reconciliation.
This, he noted, would give real meaning to the process of
reconciliation the President set in motion on assumption of
office.
In a statement issued in Kumasi on Wednesday, Opanin Afreh
said such a gesture would also help doused tension in the
run-up to the general elections in December.
He said the government should learn from the traditional
rulers and accept blames and shortcomings of predecessors
and take corrective measures instead of being vindictive.
“It is time the government adopted a more humane way of
dealing with corruption instead of being vindictive”, he
stated.
He said, in the same vein that the President pardoned Mr Dan
Abodakpi, MP for Keta, it would not be out of place if he
used his prerogative powers to address the two cases
involving Nana Konadu and Tsatsu Tsikata.
GNA
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