Prophet threatens to curse NDC Communications Director

The Deputy Communications Director of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kwaku Boahen, has incurred the wrath of Prophet Francis Kwadwo Owusu, the General Overseer of Tema-based Anointing Prayer and Evangelistic Ministry, for warning the clergy and ex-presidents to stay off the ongoing debate on the voters’ register.

Prophet Francis Owusu has given Kwaku Boahen one week to apologise to former Presidents J.J. Rawlings and John Agyekum Kufuor; failure to do so, he will invoke curses on him to serve as deterrent to politicians who have developed the culture of castigating and attacking the clergy anytime they comment on national issues.

"Who are you Kwaku Boahen? What authority do you have to tell J.J. Rawlings, who ruled Ghana for almost 20 years, and John Agyekum Kufuor, who also ruled for eight years, and the clergy to keep quiet?” he quizzed.

"How dare you ask us to keep quiet on such a national issue?" he charged.

“You're a politician so what? I believe it is about time that the likes of Kwaku Boahen are cursed for insulting the clergy,” he added.

Prophet Kwadwo Owusu, who is a member of the Tema Ministers Organisation (TMO), stated that “if there is something going wrong in this country and as clergy, who are also stakeholders, we want to comment and you will insult and vilify us, then it will get to a point we will invoke curses on you.”

"It’s a sin to insult a man of God. This will bring a curse on the country. So instead of allowing him to bring curses on the nation for innocent people to suffer, we will curse him so he dies," he stated.

"If the clergy are not important, will they be part of the National Peace Council?" he asked.

It would be recalled that the vociferous NDC Deputy Communications Director recently charged the clergy to stop commenting on the ongoing debate on the voters’ register because it is not their duty to determine for the Electoral Commission (EC) whether to do a new voters’ register ahead of the 2016 general elections or not.

He further asked the clergy to concentrate on their gospel and leave the politicians to discharge their duties, stressing that Christian Council of Ghana does not have the mandate to determine the way elections and its process should be handled in Ghana.

His comments follows calls by the Christian Council of Ghana and former Presidents J.J. Rawlings and John Agyekum Kufuor for a new voters’ register ahead of the 2016 general elections.

At a three-day revival under the theme ‘Divine Hope of Glory’ and impartation service, Prophet Owusu said Kwaku Boahen will do himself good if he apologises before the one-week ultimatum.

Touching on the voters’ register, Prophet Kwadwo Owusu expressed worry over the strong defence mounted by the NDC for the current register to be maintained when the party has not been mandated to speak for the EC.

He charged the EC boss, Mrs Charlotte Osei, to adhere to calls by the masses for compilation of a new voters’ register ahead of the 2016 elections in the interest of mother Ghana.

According to him, EC will have itself to blame should violence characterise the 2016 elections.

Others speakers were renowned international evangelist and founder of Church of God Mission International, Bishop David Azenabor, Dallas USA; his wife, Rev Mrs Rose Azenabor; and Bishop Paul F. Lanier (III), founder of Hope Community Church, North Carolina, USA.

On his part, Bishop David Azenabor, who expressed surprise over the challenges confronting the country, urged Ghanaian leaders to emulate King Solomon when he turned to God and asked for wisdom to rule.