Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, the Member of Parliament for Odododiodoo, expressed his disappointment over the disruption at the memorial service for the late President Prof. John Evans Atta Mills at Asomdwee Park on Wednesday, July 24.
In an interview on Eyewitness News, Vanderpuye called the incident “unwarranted” and criticized the former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, for exceeding his allotted time, which delayed the second event organized by the NDC and the JEA Mills Memorial Heritage.
Mercy Araba Ahema Quarshie, the late President’s sister, condemned Anyidoho’s actions and stated that he would face consequences.
Vanderpuye blamed the government for allowing the incident to occur and criticized Anyidoho’s behavior, attributing it to arrogance, ego, and animosity towards the NDC flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama. He claimed that Anyidoho’s actions were intended to disrupt the program and undermine the NDC’s event.
“You see, you and I all agree, even though in Ghana, we value the extended family system, there’s always the immediate family or the nuclear family. So as to dispute about whose family or who has the right to somebody, it cannot be questioned because the first point of call is the immediate or the nuclear family before you go to the extended family.
“What happened was uncalled for, unwarranted, and unexpected, but I will put it all at the doorstep of the government which is allowing this ‘buffoon’ of a guy called Anyidoho…the way he’s behaving, he’s playing a ‘buffoonery’.”
“His arrogance and ego, he doesn’t have the humility that is supposed to be exhibited by anybody who worked under President Mills. All he’s doing is nothing, it’s about his hatred for President Mahama, it is nothing else.
“All that he tried was to do something to disrupt the programme he knew President Mahama and the NDC, the national executives were going to be present.”