Serves You Right, David Agbenu!

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Kojo 11 years ago

This librarian is demented. At his age and education he doesn't know when a case has merit for it to be pursued. One-way-track minded people like this are good for the comic relief. This is where I come to release stress. Tha ...
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This librarian is demented. At his age and education he doesn't know when a case has merit for it to be pursued. One-way-track minded people like this are good for the comic relief. This is where I come to release stress. Thank you Mr. Nassau community college library curator.
UNKNOWN GHANAIAN 11 years ago

Kojo, the man is a prolific writer and as such would like to maintain that. And as there exist nothing to write about, the PhD Of English creative writer picked up on this to give us something even though it might not sound ...
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Kojo, the man is a prolific writer and as such would like to maintain that. And as there exist nothing to write about, the PhD Of English creative writer picked up on this to give us something even though it might not sound logical to you but your stress has been reduced I suppose.
truth 11 years ago

Do you know what you are talking about? KOJO is hundred percent right

Do you know what you are talking about? KOJO is hundred percent right
UNKNOWN GHANAIAN 11 years ago

Is that all you can write, Nonsense? Kojo is right in what sense? Can you explain yourself before using the word 'Nonsense' that you don't understand?

Is that all you can write, Nonsense? Kojo is right in what sense? Can you explain yourself before using the word 'Nonsense' that you don't understand?
JOE 11 years ago

The case had lots of merit, the Prof is right Kenu sold his soul for a pot of porridge.

The case had lots of merit, the Prof is right Kenu sold his soul for a pot of porridge.
EWEMAN 11 years ago

KEEP TALKING ABOUT EWE PEOPLE

KEEP TALKING ABOUT EWE PEOPLE
Mozato 11 years ago

Are you suggesting that you did not make any good sense out of this apt characterization of the silly histrionics of Trokosi Kenu and his ilk? Take your time to read over to educate your dummy ass.

Are you suggesting that you did not make any good sense out of this apt characterization of the silly histrionics of Trokosi Kenu and his ilk? Take your time to read over to educate your dummy ass.
Kojo 11 years ago

Mozato, to your info I know this writer personally. I had shared the same room with Okoampa-Ahoofe Jr. Believe me when I say, I think, the man is not well. This what I see. Let's say you heard report that there was an acciden ...
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Mozato, to your info I know this writer personally. I had shared the same room with Okoampa-Ahoofe Jr. Believe me when I say, I think, the man is not well. This what I see. Let's say you heard report that there was an accident and a lot of folks lost their lives horribly, then you retort. "Ohh yeah, it serves them right". This speaks to your mental state. You are either mad or you have an improper affect.

Now about that Trokoshi thing you have going on. All the Ashanti people claim to have a direct lineage to the fetish priest Okomfo Anokye. Again this speaks to your mental state. I don't know if you know it or not. Each time you start calling people names, remember you are an Ashanti and we know you and your history. When it suits you, you claim the water-god Antowa and call yourselves princes and royalties of deities. Then you turn around and call ewes trokosi.

Just think about it. I prefer logic to irrational thinking. I rest my case.
Houdini 11 years ago

Illiterate fool Kojo

"to your information"

"improper affect"

You are comparing Antoa Nsuo and Okomfo Anokye to Trokosi practice?

Trokosi is a primitive culture which allows little girls to be sexually molested.

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Illiterate fool Kojo

"to your information"

"improper affect"

You are comparing Antoa Nsuo and Okomfo Anokye to Trokosi practice?

Trokosi is a primitive culture which allows little girls to be sexually molested.

There is no molestation at Antoa Nyamaa and I for one don't believe in its mystical powers and will piss in it like a lot of Asantes.

Asantes don't send little girls to Antoa Nsuo Nyamaa to be sexually molested like the incestuous trokosis do.
KOLA, LONDON PROPER 11 years ago

antoa is also used for same practice as trokosi. and it goes beyond that in killing people for money.

whether you believe in it or not, your villagers and tribe do, fool.

antoa is also used for same practice as trokosi. and it goes beyond that in killing people for money.

whether you believe in it or not, your villagers and tribe do, fool.

Osei 11 years ago

Illiterate fool, antoa nsuo cannot even kill a fly let alone human being unless you are a trokosi child molster.

Illiterate fool, antoa nsuo cannot even kill a fly let alone human being unless you are a trokosi child molster.
JOE 11 years ago

"In sum, withdrawing his case meant that Mr. Kenu, like the Gyan Brothers and their thuggish hirelings, had absolutely no respect for his media profession and, in fact, his very life! This is what psychologists and sociologis ...
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"In sum, withdrawing his case meant that Mr. Kenu, like the Gyan Brothers and their thuggish hirelings, had absolutely no respect for his media profession and, in fact, his very life! This is what psychologists and sociologists call "low self-esteem" Aptly said, Thank you Prof.
MARCUS AMPADU 11 years ago

There are plethora of important issues going on in our country Dr. Okoampah-Ahoofe could have directed his knowledge to, but instead he focused his attention on a flimsy topic, knowing fully well that the main characters invo ...
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There are plethora of important issues going on in our country Dr. Okoampah-Ahoofe could have directed his knowledge to, but instead he focused his attention on a flimsy topic, knowing fully well that the main characters involved in this frivolous "no case" hail from the Volta Region.

The question I want pose is would the learned Dr. have gone to the extent of writing this article if the main characters have come from Asiakwa, Apegwa, Kyebi, or Odumase?
Thinking Cap 11 years ago

Ampadu you are not only a failure but a disgrace to mankind, have you ever decided to sit down and think?

Ampadu you are not only a failure but a disgrace to mankind, have you ever decided to sit down and think?
G. K. Berko 11 years ago

You insulted Mr. Ampadu for nothing. What's your point? What criteria do you use in knowing that Mr. Ampadu did not 'sit down and think'?

He only wanted the Professor to use his prowess to tackle more crucial issues than ...
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You insulted Mr. Ampadu for nothing. What's your point? What criteria do you use in knowing that Mr. Ampadu did not 'sit down and think'?

He only wanted the Professor to use his prowess to tackle more crucial issues than this un-winnable fight with Kenu. Why should that stance earn him your insults?

Look, Kenu did not have to allow himself to be used as a scapegoat for the institutional failure by Journalists in Ghana to claim better protection for their work.

He reserved the right to abandon the case against Gyan for many personal reasons. Graphic Corporation could still pursue Gyan with available evidence for threatening to interrupt its work via Kenu and others, as well.

The Professor is right that Kenu's action might have disappointed his peers. But Kenu might have had some personal reasons that influenced his decision, and no one wants to pry for, or respect, those. Kenu is not the first Journalist to have suffered similar crimes from thuggish rich folks like Gyan in Ghana. Did the Professor follow those other cases just as closely to demand harsher punishments for the culprits? No one should force others to relinquish their right to settle cases out of Courts. And that is what discerning folks may see with the Professor's position, and that of the Graphic Management, regarding Kenu's case.

Mr. Ampadu, I believe, shares similar views sympathizing with Kenu's decision, and implicitly expected the Professor to acknowledge that, too. In that case, the Professor could have attended to other more difficult cases on hand to help us resolve. And you say Mr. Ampadu did not do what? You seem to be the one that failed to put on your thinking cap, sorry.

Long Live Ghana!!!
Houdini 11 years ago

Why should Ampadu call the Professor a bigot?

When did it become bigotry if one writes something involving Ewes?

As a Columnist yourself, you decide what you want to write and is important to you. This idea that this is ...
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Why should Ampadu call the Professor a bigot?

When did it become bigotry if one writes something involving Ewes?

As a Columnist yourself, you decide what you want to write and is important to you. This idea that this issue is more important than the other issue is subjective.

If Ampadu has more important issue than this, nothing is preventing him from writing what he believes is important.

He has no basis to call Okoampa a bigot for writing about this issue.
??? 11 years ago

You should know that Thinking Cap is Okoampa in disguise.

You should know that Thinking Cap is Okoampa in disguise.
Houdini 11 years ago

Who decides what is an important issue? Okoampa can write on any issue he deems important to him and if you have something better you thinkis iimportant, go ahead and write an article on it and let others comment on the issue ...
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Who decides what is an important issue? Okoampa can write on any issue he deems important to him and if you have something better you thinkis iimportant, go ahead and write an article on it and let others comment on the issue.

You dumb bigot and fool, you always see bigotry when none exist. The characters in this issue are Ewes so it is bigotry to you to discuss it? Is that what you are intimating?
MARCUS AMPADU 11 years ago

If you bother to read carefully what I opined, nowhere did I use the terms bigot or bigotry nor the term Ewes.

You dodged the important question I asked:
which is would the professor have raised the same issue if the mai ...
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If you bother to read carefully what I opined, nowhere did I use the terms bigot or bigotry nor the term Ewes.

You dodged the important question I asked:
which is would the professor have raised the same issue if the main characters hailed from Asiakwa, Apegwa, Kyebi, or Akyem Odumase?

I thought deeply about this Ahoofe article, and I came to the conclusion that the professor was inciting the unthinking base to attack Voltarians. Prove me wrong, but please, don't insult me, or I will insult you back.
Houdini 11 years ago

"You dodged the important question I asked:
which is would the professor have raised the same issue if the main characters hailed from Asiakwa, Apegwa, Kyebi, or Akyem Odumase?"

An intelligent person will not ask this q ...
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"You dodged the important question I asked:
which is would the professor have raised the same issue if the main characters hailed from Asiakwa, Apegwa, Kyebi, or Akyem Odumase?"

An intelligent person will not ask this question. You are presuming Okoampah would not have asked such a question, how do you know if you are not a bigot.

seidu ali 11 years ago

This is the best article I have read from PhD Ahoofe. Journalist with no shame. Why should the police even bother to rescue him . after all even if the case gets to court they withdraw it. They don't deserve any simpathy.

This is the best article I have read from PhD Ahoofe. Journalist with no shame. Why should the police even bother to rescue him . after all even if the case gets to court they withdraw it. They don't deserve any simpathy.
kaketonti 11 years ago

Kwame,this time your house is in order.Educate us with more balanced critics but not liked your previous ackward articles

Kwame,this time your house is in order.Educate us with more balanced critics but not liked your previous ackward articles
obiba jk 11 years ago

For me I have always wondered the judgement of Daniel kenu after his encounter with slippery ruby at the turn of the century.

For me I have always wondered the judgement of Daniel kenu after his encounter with slippery ruby at the turn of the century.
G. K. Berko 11 years ago

Kenu might have disappointed his bosses and peers for not using Baffour Gyan to teach some lesson to thugs who would wantonly assault Journalists.

However, it was totally illegal to fire Kenu. His bosses did not have any ...
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Kenu might have disappointed his bosses and peers for not using Baffour Gyan to teach some lesson to thugs who would wantonly assault Journalists.

However, it was totally illegal to fire Kenu. His bosses did not have any mandate to force Kenu to pursue Gyan to the fullest at the Courts. Kenu, like any Citizen or legal entity, reserves the right to withdraw his court charge against another, despite what others may think.

However, in order to deter the likes of Gyan from harassing Journalists, what Kenu's bosses could have done was sue Gyan for interfering with the work of their employee, or, on behalf of the Journalist profession, bring a Civil suit against Gyan for threatening the free functioning of the profession in the Country.

The Nation's Communication Commission could have followed suit to sanction Gyan. Kenu, as an individual could have been influenced by many rational things, some of which could be sheer speculative, for dropping the case. He did not have to be further punished for dropping the case.

What the Professor is blaming Kenu for could be seen as Kenu not allowing himself to be used as a scapegoat for the Profession's inability to confront the likes of Gyan institutionally.

Long Live Ghana!!!
Kojo 11 years ago

Unhappy people going around insulting others. Just because they have no idea how to ratify their present predicament. I wish they would see the errors of their ways and turn from it. Denigration and insulting other on wholesa ...
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Unhappy people going around insulting others. Just because they have no idea how to ratify their present predicament. I wish they would see the errors of their ways and turn from it. Denigration and insulting other on wholesale does not earn you votes. Just think about this for a second before you start call me names. I will never call you names because I realize you have a contribution to make for the future. So you see all -men are born equal. If it were not so I would have told you
Kojo 11 years ago

My comment is not directed at G. K. Berko. Thanks

My comment is not directed at G. K. Berko. Thanks
Mr. Figure-Out 11 years ago

It is incumbent on the employers of Kenu protect him and every other employee while they are on their assigned. And that matter if Trokosi Kenu can be so careless to risk his life why on duty the employers reserve the right ...
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It is incumbent on the employers of Kenu protect him and every other employee while they are on their assigned. And that matter if Trokosi Kenu can be so careless to risk his life why on duty the employers reserve the right to fire him. They cannot continue to risk sending him out there only for some dummies to lynch him. I would do the same if I were the boss.

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