I don’t regret demolishing Alhaji Yusif’s $5m dollar hotel – Rawlings fires

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has emphasized his urge to demolish a 5million dollar hotel which belonged to Alhaji Yusif Ibrahim again if he could reverse the hand of time.

He said, “If time were reversible, I will do it again and again and I will take along their new gargantuan structures in the waterways…The structures were reported by his own respectable, law-abiding neighbours.”

The former president in 1999 demolished a 5million dollar hotel which was owned by businessman and Chief Executive Officer of the Dara Salaam Group of Companies, Alhaji Yusif Ibrahim.

Recently, however, the CEO and former owner of the hotel which was located around the Tetteh Quarshie interchange, at an event said he had forgiven the former president for ordering the demolishing of his multi-million dollar hotel.

But speaking at the climax of the 40th anniversary of the June 4th Revolution on Tuesday, May 4, 2019, the former president said Alhaji Yusif is in no position to forgive even the bush rat in his hometown.

Contrary to Alhaji Yusif’s belief about why his hotel was demolished, Former president Rawlings said, “...a couple of months ago, my name was all over the news as one Alhaji Yusif reportedly forgave me for the demolishing of his hotel because he believed I thought he co-owned it with Sam Jonah and also that he was financing an opposition party, far from the truth.”

He continued, “...in the first place, he is in no position to forgive anyone nor anything or even the bush rat in his own hometown.”

The former president further emphasized that, the indiscriminate use of his name by Alhaji Yusif will not bring him any sympathy, citing the location of Alhaji Yusif’s hotel as the reason behind his call for its demolishing.

“God has nothing to do with unlawful structures, neither did he have anything to do with enforcing the law. Governments appear to exercise no restraints when it comes to breaking down poor people’s structures in waterways and in unauthorized areas. Big people, however, seem to be above the law and are untouchable.” Former President Rawling added.