MP for Odododiodoo, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has voiced his frustration over the disruptions that occurred during the memorial service for the late President Prof. John Evans Atta Mills at Asomdwee Park on Wednesday, July 24.
Speaking to Eyewitness News, Mr Vanderpuye labeled the incident as “unwarranted.”
The event faced chaos when Koku Anyidoho, former Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, overstepped his allotted speaking time, causing delays for the second event organized by the NDC and the JEA Mills Memorial Heritage.
Mercy Araba Ahema Quarshie, the late President’s sister, criticized Anyidoho’s actions and warned of consequences.
Mr Vanderpuye held the government responsible for allowing the disruption and condemned Anyidoho’s conduct, attributing it to arrogance and a personal vendetta against NDC’s flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama.
He accused Anyidoho of intentionally trying to sabotage the event and undermine the NDC’s efforts.
“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.
“So 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.”