Vandalised statue of Akufo-Addo at Effia Nkwanta repaired

The statue of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in front of the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital, at Sekondi in the Western Region, which was vandalised on Monday, December 16, 2024, has been repaired.

The Ghana Police Service, which announced that it was investigating the defacement of the statue, confirmed this with visuals showing that the left leg was partly broken.

The police also indicated that the plaque on President Akufo-Addo’s statue was removed by the perpetrator(s).

New visuals of the statue shared by Accra-based TV3 showed that the statue has been repaired.

The badly damaged left leg of the statue, from the new images, did not have the cracks from when it was vandalised.

Background:

The statue of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, according to reports, was vandalised on the morning of Monday, December 16, 2024, by unknown persons.

Viral visuals of the defaced statue showed how the left leg had been partly damaged.

President Akufo-Addo came under heavy criticism after he unveiled the statue on November 6, 2024.

A section of the public, including now President-Elect John Dramani Mahama, accused President Akufo-Addo of self-glorification with his decision to unveil a statue of himself.

Mahama said that the president should not be the one putting up statues of himself but rather people should be doing that after he leaves office, in recognition of his achievements.

Some residents of Sekondi were inflamed by the erection of the statue in their community, with some pointing to the devastating nature of the very road the statue was erected on.

Some of the residents threatened to move the statue should the New Patriotic Party (NPP) lose the December 7, 2024, election.

See visuals of the repaired statue below:

Parts of President Akufo-Addo’s statue, located in front of the Effia-Nkwanta Hospital, was found damaged on Monday. It’s currently been fixed.#TV3GH pic.twitter.com/tDFh17ebbz

— #TV3GH (@tv3_ghana) December 19, 2024

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