'I left my phone to my cousins, after my congratulatory post' - Prince David Osei claims after social media attacks

Controversial Ghanaian actor Prince David Osei has narrated what transpired on social media after the NPP lost in the just-ended 2024 election.

In an interview on Hitz FM on December 11, 2024, Prince David noted that after his congratulatory post to the President-elect, John Mahama, he gave his phone to his cousin.

He insisted that it was his cousins who responded to the heavy backlash on social media.

"After the elections, we were all pained and depressed because we were all surprised by the outcome. But I came out to congratulate the NDC and the president-elect. I even posted him. Then I started to get a lot of attacks on Twitter so I even left the phone.

"Normally when they start to bully me, I just leave the phone to my cousins and close friends. So I woke up and saw on the news that I had insulted the president-elect. So I went to my Twitter feed and saw nothing. So I asked my cousins if they were the one, and they said people were annoying them so they had to reply.

"But I asked them who insulted the president and they said they were not the one... Normally when they start bullying I don't reply to those messages. My cousins and my friends were the ones responding to the messages because they were tired of the bully. But I have asked them and they said they didn't do it. But I am sure they deleted it afterward," he said.

Prince David Osei added that he had been receiving death threatening messages after the incident happened on social media.

"People were constantly calling my phone and when I pick they will threaten me that they will kill me, and I will go to jail," he added.

What happened

It could be recalled that following Mahama’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, Osei, in a now-deleted post intended to congratulate the president-elect, stated that he himself would be president one day.

This post, however, was met with insults from some users who lambasted him for his comment.

An infuriated Osei, in response to one comment, labelled the commenter a “fool” and questioned why he couldn’t aspire to be president, suggesting even a “drunkard” had been elected.

The remarks were widely interpreted as an insult to Mahama, fuelling anger among Ghanaians, particularly NDC supporters.

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