Bobie sacked to please Akufo-Addo

By Kwesi Kodua

The cat has finally been let out of the bag! The

reason why ace-presenter, Nana Bobie Ansah was dismissed from the services of

Multimedia Group Ltd as a presenter with Asempa

FM has been revealed.

Yesterday morning, the Deputy Director of

Communication of the NPP, Mr. John Boadu, speaking on OK FM, an Accra-based radio

station revealed that Bobie was

dismissed to please NPP flag-bearer, Nana Akufo-Addo.

Mr. Boadu said if Bobie is bitter as a result of his

dismissal without reason, then he should imagine how Akufo-Addo feels when

Bobie deals with topics that are no palatable to Akufo-Addo.

The revelation has come as a shock to many

Ghanaians, especially because the NPP has often claimed to be the proponents of

free speech and press freedom. Nana Akufo-Addo, in particular, has touted as

one of his achievements the repeal of the criminal libel laws while he was

Attorney-General of Ghana.

Bobie has been in the news since Friday when he went

ballistic on “Thank God Is Friday (TGIF)” a TV show hosted by Kweku Sintim

Misa. During the show, Bobie made several startling revelations especially that

his dismissal was at the behest of the NPP which paid money to some staffers of

Multimedia to get them instigate the dismissal of Bobie.

The presenter also revealed that John Boadu is a

mole in the Akufo-Addo campaign team and is working tirelessly to ensure that

the NPP flag-bearer loses this December elections.

According to him, Boadu is the source of many

leakages from the NPP to the press and the NDC. It is for this reason, he says,

that he (Boadu) does not get on well with NPP MP for Manhyia, Mathew Opoku

Prempeh.

Curiously, TGIF is repeated every Sunday afternoon

but for the first time, the station failed to repeat the show which was missed

by many. Accusing fingers are being pointed at Haruna Alhassan, General-Manager

of Metro TV, a known NPP activist as the one who stopped to re-broadcast of the

show to save the NPP from shame.

Bobie has however been on the onslaught since then

in his search for the reason why he was dismissed. Speaking to Alhassan

Suyuhini on Monday, he dropped another bombshell, that the board chairman of Multimedia

is an NPP activist who is currently helping raise funds for Nana Addo in

Europe.

Sources close to Bobie said he has more bombshells

to drop. It is not known whether the current revelation that he was sacked to

please Akufo-Addo will abate his anger.

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