3 Confirm Akufo-Addo Uses Drugs

Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo, flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been confirmed by two close allies and one other as being a habitual smoker of marijuana (wee), according to the leaked United States cables published by wikileaks.

Mr. Kwesi Pratt, respected Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Dr Kwesi Aning, a researcher at the Kofi Annan International Peace-Keeping Centre (KAIPC) and former United States Ambassador to Ghana, Pamela Bridgewater have all confirmed the overly denied habit of the NPP flagbearer.

This is how Mr. Kwesi Pratt was captured in the wikileaks report: "Nana used to smoke a lot of marijuana," Pratt said, "and I'm telling you, a lot. Even in the morning, there used to be a cloud around him and you could see that he was high. But I never saw him do cocaine, and I think that is just an assumption people made."

According to the cables, Dr. Aning, the leaked cables stated “When asked about rumors of Akufo-Addo's cocaine use, Aning admitted that Akufo-Addo had used drugs in his younger days, but that was now "under control." He added cryptically that "you can check with German intelligence on that.”

When profiling the main NPP flagbearer aspirants leading to the NPP congress at Legon in 2007, former US Ambassador to Ghana, Pamela Bridgewater had this to say about the NPP flagbearer:

Nana Akufo-Addo: An ethnic Akyem from the Eastern Region, Akufo-Addo is a formidable contender for the NPP slot. He is respected for his intelligence, political family background, and broad government experience, which includes tenures as Minister of Justice and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He is reportedly backed by NPP youth and Akyem businessmen. On the other hand, he has poor organizational skills and often comes across as arrogant and formal, which may not play well with many party activists and Ghanaian voters. His reputation as a womanizer and occasional marijuana smoker may also damage him politically.

These revelations seem to have finally brought home the truth about the long-held view that the NPP flagbearer has a dangerous drug habit, which makes him unfit to be president of this country.