UG lecturer praises Miracles Aboagye for apologising to Asiedu Nketiah over doctored video

Dennis Miracles Aboagye, Dr Kobby Mensah and Johnson Asiedu Nketiah (from left to right)

Dr Kobby Mensah, a senior political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, has praised NPP communicator Dennis Miracles Aboagye for apologising to the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, over a video he earlier shared about him.

Dennis Miracles Aboagye, the Director of Local Government Services at the Office of the President, in a tweet shared on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, explained that he had wrongly shared a video of the NDC Chairman purportedly calling on his people to lay down their lives towards the 2024 general elections.

“I sincerely apologise and have subsequently removed the Asiedu Nketia Video I shared earlier. My attention has been drawn to an original video which clearly shows the earlier one I viewed and shared was doctored.

"Obviously, this version I saw and shared had been tampered with, which isn’t right. I withdraw accordingly, with apologies,” he wrote in the tweet.

Reacting to this, also in a tweet shared on the same day, Dr Kobby Mensah said that Miracles Aboagye has proven that he is mature.

He added that Ghanaians should emulate the boldness of the presidential staffer.

“Well done for showing this level of maturity. This is an example to many. I salute you for such boldness,” the lecturer wrote.

Background:

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) member had shared the earlier video on the back of the comments of the Member of Parliament for Abetifi, Bryan Acheampong, indicating that he and the NPP will never hand over political power to the NDC.

In the earlier video shared, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the NDC stalwart, was heard telling his people to “sacrifice everything, including lives,” whereas what he actually said was a call on them to “sacrifice everything including our lives” for their campaign.

In the aftermath of these comments by Bryan Acheampong, a number of members of the NPP have jumped to his defence, with many stating that his comments were only a response to equally violent ones from the camp of the NDC.

A number of NDC members have equally responded to Bryan Acheampong’s comments, stating that they are also ready to match any violence the NPP intends to bring in the lead-up to the general elections of 2024.

Well done for showing this level of maturity ????. This is an example to many. I salute you for such boldness. #Pumpup!???????? https://t.co/C8Qp8LiYdl
— Prof. Kobby Mensah (@thePOE_T) April 11, 2023