Ex-Veep denies peacock 'theft'

Former Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama has taken strong exception to a publication that he took away peacocks and peahens from the Castle Gardens when the previous administration was leaving office.

The enquirer newspaper published in the November 6, 2009 edition of the paper that the birds which numbered about 60 in 2001 when ex-President Rawlings was leaving the Osu Castle, have all “vamoosed leaving behind only 7.”

Alhaji Aliu Mahama confirmed to Joy News he has some peacocks at his residence but he says they were gifts he received while in office. His aide Abdul Wahab Alhassan says the Enquirer must retract and apologize for the publication.

Spokesperson Abdul Wahab Alhassan speaking to Joy News on Friday described the allegation as false and called for an unqualified apology from the paper.

“The former vice president had nothing to do with the Castle peacock and it will be very… interesting for anybody to suggest that we went away with peacocks from the Castle.

“How could the former vice president manage to arrest a peacock…? That is outrageous,” Mr Alhassan quizzed in an interview with Joy News’ Seth Kwame Boateng.

Mr Alhassan said the newspaper had been “unfair to the person of the vice president” and must immediately publish a retraction.

Source:
Myjoyonline

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