Is Dan Botwe lost in action?

The Ghanaian Democrat says the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Dan Botwe must be in some serious trouble.

After he was reported to have been eliminated from the Kufuor Electioneering Campaign Team as a result of a sharp misunderstanding between Mr. Botwe and his boss, President J.A. Kufuor, a few days before the last elections, the general secretary has not been seen where he should belong since January 7, 2001.

Investigations by the paper revealed that President Kufuor would not allow Mr Botwe to come anywhere near him after the NPP general secretary dared "to tread where even angels feared to" by saying publicly that President Kufuor "is not competent enough to lead the country."

The paper however reports of efforts being made to gag the unpredictable general secretary so that he does not malign the Kufuor administration.

The Democrat gathered that Mr Botwe had been accused of embezzling foreign moneys meant for Kufuor's electioneering campaign and that the general secretary had retorted that he used the funds to renovate the party's headquarters.

Mr Botwe according to our sources may remain the general secretary of the NPP but would not be allowed to get near the corridors of Presidential power.