The Independent in a headline: "Hawa Yakubu's bombshell", says Madam Yawa Yakubu, former Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, has urged that Nana Konadu Agyeman- Rawlings should be reminded of her role in the killings of the three judges and a retired army officer, if she ever run for an election as either President or vice-president of Ghana. The paper says although Nana Konadu is yet to declare her intentions openly, there is widespread speculation that she might go for the high office of President.
Madam Yakubu, reported to be one of the many who opposes of Nana Konadu's candidacy, is said to have asserted that the First Lady's Presidential bid would be a "tragedy and a disaster to Ghana" . The former MP is reported as saying that "Nana Konadu is not the role model for women in Ghana and Africa". Madam Yakubu said that while she recognised the inalienable rights of Nana Konadu to contest the next elections, she would be bringing too much trouble onto herself since she would be reminded about her link to the murder of the judges and the retired army officer in 1982.
The Independent reports Madam Yakubu as saying that the Azu Crabbe Commission of enquiry into the murders, specifically mentions that the keys to the cars that were used in the murder of the four, were picked from her residence. "Will Konadu, like Pinochet, be asked to account for the abduction and murder of the four. What will be her answer?", the former MP is quoted as asking. Madam Yakubu is reported as saying that Nana Konadu must follow her husband out of the Castle in 2001, adding, "We will have room for them in Ghana but no more in the Castle".
