Why Akufo-Addo Must Prove He Is No Cocaine Addict

...instead of resorting to ‘hanya’

Contrary to what apologists of the NPP and Akufo-Addo are saying, a public denial by

him, that he does cocaine, is not enough to convince Ghanaians that he does not

sniff the illicit drug.

What the wanna-be President ought to do, if he wants to convince Ghanaians that he

is drug free, is provide proof that will show beyond every reasonable doubt that he

is drug free.

Nana Akufo-Addo's supporters and members of his law chambers, say his accusers

should provide evidence that he sniffs cocaine. Yesterday, during Asempa FM's eko si

sen programme, Nana Asante Bediatuo, one of the NPP flag bearer's lawyers, argued to

this effect.

What those who belong to his school of thought ought to realize is that in the case

of Nana Akufo-Addo, the burden of proof does not lie on his accusers because it is

he who is seeking the highest office of the land and thus the burden of proof of

innocence lies on him to convince Ghanaians to give him the job of President of

Ghana.

Unfortunately for Nana Akufo-Addo, a lawyer by profession, he is surrounded by other

lawyers who see everything from the legal perspective and are therefore shouting

themselves hoarse that those who accuse him of sniffing cocaine must prove his

guilt.

What Nana Akufo-Addo must understand is that by seeking the mandate to become

President of Ghana, he is no more than a prospective employee seeking to be employed

in a company, which in this case is corporate Ghana. Since he has been accused of

sniffing cocaine, the onus lies on him to prove that this is not true; it does not

lie on the interviewers to prove that it is true. The prospective employee seeking

the job must be the one to prove that he is qualified for it.

In the run-up to the 2008, when Prof. Mills was pronounced dead by NPP apparatchiks,

the burden of proof laid on him to show that he was alive. So, the good professor

returned to Ghana from South Africa, and in grand style, to prove that he is alive.

With his door-to-door campaign, Prof. Mills also proved that he was not sick as

claimed by his detractors.

Nana Akufo-Addo, like Prof. Mills in 2008, is the one seeking the highest office of

the land. It is therefore in his interest to prove wrong the allegation that he does

not sniff cocaine. His accusers have nothing to lose by failing to provide the proof

that he sniffs cocaine; he has everything to lose by failing to prove that he is

clean.

A mere public denial is not enough. A public denial accompanied by threats worsens

the case for him. Only Nana Akufo-Addo can remove the albatross hanging around his

neck to enable him get the job he is so desperate for.