Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko is a private legal practitioner
Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a private legal practitioner and leading member of the New Patriotic Party, whose name has featured prominently in reignited discussions about the controversial ‘Agyapadie’ book.
The book, which first surfaced in the lead-up to the 2016 election, has come up again recently following a statement by the Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin.
Gabby Otchere-Darko, in an X post, threw digs at persons who believe the content of the book, stating that such persons ought to undergo psychological examination.
“If you believe a family will document its alleged evil plans against the very village they proudly live in, document it all in revised copies of a book and impose a portrait of the head of the family boldly on its front cover, then please do have your head properly examined. It may help you greatly,” he said.
As mentioned earlier, the ‘Agyapadie’ book is back among the hot topics in the country after the Okyenhene raised the issue during an address to his elders.
At the Akyem Abuakwa State Council meeting held over the weekend, Okyenhene called on his kinsmen and Ghanaians to treat the book with the contempt it deserves.
"We saw this during the period of J.B Danquah and we’re seeing this now. In and around October 2016, about a few months before the election, the same document known as the ‘Akyem Project’ was in circulation. The focus of that was to fan hatred between Okyeman and Asanteman to undermine the electoral efforts of Nana Akufo-Addo. Unfortunately for them, it came too late to the election."
"This diabolic plan was revised in 2019. In the year 2020, when the Agyapa business became a political issue, the book suddenly metamorphosed into ‘Agyapadie’," Okyenhene noted in a State Council meeting at Kyebi.
Dismissing claims of Akufo-Addo bias, the Okyenhene stated that the Eastern Region had more representation in former President John Agyekum Kufuor’s cabinet than Akufo-Addo, adding that the book is aimed at causing disaffection towards the Akyem people.
“Many kingdoms have seen greater development over the years, but some people always have issues whenever the government decides to bring development to Okyeman. I have heard things in recent times. The funniest of it is that I am the richest chief in Ghana. I mean how? Anyway, when anyone regards you as a rich person, you must receive it. I received it," Okyenhene said with a smile.
If you believe a family will document its alleged evil plans against the very village they proudly live in, document it all in revised copies of a book and impose a portrait of the head of family boldly on its front cover, then please do have your head properly examined. It may…
— Gabby Otchere-Darko (@GabbyDarko) July 31, 2024
EK
