The Vanguard newspaper on 8th October 2004 made an attempt to implicate the former President, Ft. Lt. J.J Rawlings in a conspiracy with the NDC running mate Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni aimed at deceiving the public that the accident of Alhaji Mumuni was caused by a tipper truck.
All sane people are astonished about the absurdity being churned out by the Vanguard.
Doctors and nurses the Lens spoke to at the 37 military hospital where Mumuni was on admission for days before his subsequent transfer to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital were categorical that there was no such possibility since Alhaji Mumuni was unconscious when President Rawlings was present.
In the opinion of the vast majority of people the Lens spoke to, the Vanguard, which is widely believed to have strong ties with National Security, most certainly have been informed about the real cause of the accident. And knowing that Mumuni will be laying bare the unadulterated facts of the accident upon his discharge from hospital, The Vanguard most likely was doing a pre-emptive job on behalf of the National Security. They further stressed that the paper therefore could have adequate information on the nature of the accident.
The Vanguard publication has further rejuvenated the suspicion that Mumuni's accident was a plot to assassinate him. The conduct of the police did not help matters either. The dispatch with which the police dealt with the issue is unprecedented in the history of this country. Objective minds are asking how come the supposed efficiency of the Police seem to have started on the day of Mumuni's accident and ended that same day.
Mumuni's accident according to the reports occurred about 3 am and by 5am the Police had towed the accident car from the spot, thereby destroying any possible evidence leading to the actual cause of the accident. To add salt to injury, the police issued a report on the case, stating that there was no foul play, when Mumuni, who is the principal witness to the accident, could not utter a word on his hospital bed. The question is how on earth the Police could jump to that conclusion without hearing from the man?
Is the NDC therefore not justified in its assertion of "smelling a rat or in this case an elephant"? Whatever the case, the Vanguard newspaper to a large extent has the secret out of the bag.
