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Daughter of Victor Selormey opens up about her dad’s ordeal

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  • Kofi 9 years ago

    Your father was one criminal who was imposed on our finance ministry. I thought you were coming out to apologize to us for the evils of your father. Don't bring yourself, girl!

  • Kwame 9 years ago

    Your father stole our money and siphoned to the US by Dr. Fred Boadu to educate you and your siblings, and you return to Ghana and you think you have arrived. Where is Dr. Fred Boadu?

  • Eweman 9 years ago

    The trials of an Eweman in this country called Ghana!!!!!!!!!!! Don't worry, God sees all, including all those who never want to see, hear or dream of any Ewe person in a Government position, politics, business, education, et ...
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  • Neutral Zone 9 years ago

    Ghanaians should not b blinded by their tribe. Yes there is tribalism but this man stole, in the millions n got caught. So Kukoi give us a break so people like my dad who work hard for the country n died poor can RIP.

  • KB,LONDON. 9 years ago

    You can't touch a thief in this country because he is ewe? WHAT NONSENSE IS THAT?

  • BBC NEWS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

    MY SISTER DONT WORRY MANY LOOTED US THAT TIME BUT YOUR FATHER SACRIFICED FOR THEM! THIS TIME ITS OPEN DAY LIGHT NDC ROBBERY AND WE GHANAIANS WILL FORCE THEM ALL TO JAIL! YOUR FATHER WILL NEVER BE ALONE

  • Kojo Sam 9 years ago

    At times silence is golden. The huge sums he wasted could have built a hospital to save many poor souls.

  • KOLA,LONDON PROPER 9 years ago

    After Killing Sarlomey for causing financial loss to the state, One would have thought the president then, Kufuor, was going to be immaculate in his management but boy!!!! what did we see during the 8-year rule which tagged K ...
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  • Susuka 9 years ago

    It should be drummed into this girls head that her father was a thief. Period. Many other criminally inclined people in politics and other vocations who have been apprehended have rightly suffered the consequences of their cr ...
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  • Asibe 9 years ago

    Don't let the fact that she loves her dad no matter what he did or was ruled by court to have done take away her right to voice her feelings. It is sad to lose a relative and even more a father. As for the tribalists, it is j ...
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  • NANA 9 years ago

    IS PLOMP ANOTHER WORD FOR OBESE?

  • GHANAVIA 9 years ago

    Stop your silly partisanship and face the truth. Victor Selormey abused his position by teaming with Dan Abodakpi to steal nation's scarce resource for their private use. Stealing is wrong whether Ewe or Ashanti or Gonja.
    It ...
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  • PUMA 9 years ago

    Stop stealing in government so we shall stop pointing fingers at you.The taxi drivers are far, far better off than your useless incompetent elite thieves, people who had nothing became somebodies in a twinkle of an eye. We sh ...
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  • KANAWU KASABA 9 years ago

    EMPIRICAL TRUTHS THIS GIRL SHOULD UNDERSTAND AND COUNT HER FORTUNES.


    1) Rawlings, the Tsikatas and several other very evil and wicked Ewes killed and murdered others and left several orphans in their murderous enterprise ...
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  • Kyekyeku 9 years ago

    Absolutely nonsence, do you know how many schools that money could have built for Ghana.? Where did he got the money to build all those houses at ashorman and other places that you are still collecting rent from. God will pun ...
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  • CHAKA, USA. 9 years ago

    Wow! It's dizzying!! MY head is spinning!!

  • oware obodiatuo 9 years ago

    well spoken

  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE) 9 years ago

    AUTHOR: MR. FIGURE-OUT----------------
    It is only in Ghana would such a dishonorably idiot be on the government pay roll. Professor Mill should be solely blamed for imposing those criminals on us. After Mills found Betty Mou ...
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  • Thessa 9 years ago

    This fat bitch should shut her trunk. Her father stole money to educate her in USA and she has the audacity to blame Npp for putting her thief father in prison.

    What a surprise, Miss Cotton the Atlanta welfare Queen mother ...
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  • ROYAL AKANLAND 9 years ago

    IN THE HEAD JUST LIKE JJ DID

  • Eweman 9 years ago

    Miss Cotton lives in ATL where Spelman is. SO???? How many NPP politicians do not have their children in school in the US, UK, etc???? Yes, you would come and lie that NPP politicians were rich before government

  • Owusu Sintim 9 years ago

    Mr,I´m just asking,I mean why don´t we change our system of governing to federation where every region and tribes can take care of themselves,ie ala German or USA.

  • Eweman 9 years ago

    Who is fighting to be with you?????????? With this your attitude

  • Eweman 9 years ago

    Feel free to lead a referendum to change the system ok. None of you invented even the basic wheel, who are you???????????????????????? Self-importance much.

  • Kuuluuluu busibie 9 years ago

    YOUNG LADY, JUST KEEP YOUR LIPS ZIPPED FOR A WHILE. YOU WERE TOO YOUNG TO KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING THEN, BUT OLD NOW TO BOAST OF THE SCHOOLS YOU ATTENDED WITH STOLEN MONEY. SOME OF YOUR SISTERS ALSO WENT TO UNIVERSITIES IN THE ...
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  • HONESTY 9 years ago

    Your Dad's smoking habit was legendary and he virtually made it easy for anyone to kill him.

    He was not too good with staying away from the public coffers.

    Though I personally knew his lovely mum, I would find it diff ...
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  • Neutral Zone 9 years ago

    Well spoken.

  • Kwasi Akuffo 9 years ago

    NPP people Oh! no.If you are not with them then you are a thief.

  • Akuvie 9 years ago

    No genuine technocrat from any ministry within Ghana's public service could afford to educate their children overseas, walahi! Your father was in fact a big thief, a convicted criminal. Have you ever wondered where he got the ...
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  • EFO KOKU 9 years ago

    The hosts of this ayigbe TV show are trying to make Selormey a victim. Does Selormey's daughter know the number of people whose lives have been ruined due to the money her father stole? If I were her, I would've champion an a ...
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  • agama 9 years ago

    foolish people all over Ghana. talk small sense

  • Vigilante 7 years ago

    the daughter of the the thief is hitting gold now and a top notch in her field, what about you, what have you done for yourself till now.... smh

  • BBC NEWS! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

    Kufour's atrocities he committed against the rest of the tribes in Ghana can't be compared to anything.

  • Close Observer 9 years ago

    My dear, thank God he wasn't shot like many other people. Instead of separating himself from the murderer of many loves ones, he joined him to perpetrate more crimes against HIGH COURT JUDGES and a retired ARMY OFFICER for no ...
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  • Essel junior 9 years ago

    Idiot you always spew rubbish. Were you brought up by a human being or a cow?

  • Hayford 9 years ago

    He was raised in a trokosi household.

  • Close Observer 9 years ago

    O Lord I pray for Mother Ghana, that you reduce the number of FOOLISH VOTERS in 2016. Father the small number that will be left, wash their faces with sea sand so that they would be able to see the predicament they have put G ...
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  • Eweman 9 years ago

    Yes, streets would be lined with gold the day after Akufo-Addo becomes president. This guy who cant even point to the law school he attended??? Which special university on this earth did NPP people attend and learn their econ ...
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  • Close Observer 9 years ago

    Nonsense, you cant stay away from TRIBALISM for a minute eh? I NPP the only political party in opposition? My message is, THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE. You don't support a political party like HEARTS and KOTOTO. Politicians are work ...
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  • APOLO T 9 years ago

    taking the enormous and gargantuan corruption occurring now in Mhamma's govt, ur' dad only chop something small.Mahamma & his cohorts should be burnt alive.

  • Mawuli 9 years ago

    Your father stole state funds part of which was usedvin paying your school fees in Britain and the US. Instead of being ashamed of your father's kleptomanaic hands, you unashamedly blame NPP. Your father was duly convicted by ...
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  • Kwasi Pratt Snr. 9 years ago

    Your father was not only a big THIEF but a real criminal and economic saboteur just like all NDC Aparatchits

  • Ugly Akufo Addo 9 years ago

    Akufo Addo should learn from this woman

  • Efia 9 years ago

    "The beautiful yet plump host"
    What the heck is that?

  • Stephen Dadzie 9 years ago

    Your ewe father was a thief,simple.

  • Say the TRUTH 9 years ago

    The co-host of Viasat 1’s breakfast show ‘This Morning’ said: “it hurts when you think about the things they put him through and what is happening now, but one cannot dwell on the bitter experience always, I’ve move ...
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  • KANAWU KASABA 9 years ago

    EMPIRICAL TRUTHS THIS GIRL SHOULD UNDERSTAND AND COUNT HER FORTUNES.


    1) Rawlings, the Tsikatas and several other very evil and wicked Ewes killed and murdered others and left several orphans in their murderous enterpri ...
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  • ... 9 years ago

    This silly cow should rather be ashamed of her thieving dad! The bitch owes decent Ghanaians an apology, rather than seeking their sympathy.

  • Say the TRUTH 9 years ago

    YES WHAT SENT YOUR DAD TO THE JAIL IS NOW BEEN COINED BY THIS CRIMINAL NDC AS CORRUPTION NOW INSTEAD OF THE REAL WORD: STEALING!!!!!!!

  • Kwaku Azar 9 years ago

    Nonsense!

  • Neutral Zone 9 years ago

    Well put Azar. Stealing is simply that.

  • Nii Lartey Nartey. 9 years ago

    Who advise this haughty riffraff to come here with such disturbing scrap, does she know how many people the father indirectly killed because of his act of causing the state huge financial lost?

    Is she aware that the P/ND ...
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  • Joe Turkey 9 years ago

    Your father abbeted Jerry Rawlings gang that murdered innocent Ghanaians without trial (even though I can't describe him as a murderer). Your father was given a fair trial and found guilty by a court. You must be ashamed of y ...
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  • FACT 9 years ago

    Ghana is bigger than any politician, Ghana is bigger than any technocrat who crassly embezzles funds, who loots the taxpayers funds, who bastardizes the national kitty, with impunity, and any politician, any technocrat, and a ...
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  • Lawyer KD 9 years ago

    In fact you should rather praise NPP government for not including you and your family. It is the state fund stolen by your dad just like what is going on today, that has made you whom you are today.
    A daughter of a state th ...
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  • Agyaaku 9 years ago

    What is this young woman saying? That the NPP asked her father to chop chop the country's money? Probably she was too young to know at that time how arrogant and bossy her dad was even in misappropriating the funds of the Hom ...
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  • Ama Spintex 9 years ago

    Please do not open any wounds. Your father milked the state and paid several women's fees abroad. The children of the slain generals are still crying. Go and seek comfort from JJ. Odartey's children, kutu's, kotei et al are s ...
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  • grace 9 years ago

    Stop saying nonsense npp people,are you people not thief?

  • Ajit Babu 9 years ago

    Stolen money educated you in the USA. It costs lots of money to be in the New England Conservatory. Your criminal father stole from the poor farmers to educate your fat assssss, BITCH!

  • ISSA ABONGO 9 years ago

    IN GHANA, WHILE CHICKEN AND GOAT THIEVES ARE JAILED FOR 10 YEARS OR MORE, POLITICIANS WHO STEAL AND THEIR FAMILIES THINK THEY DO NOT DESERVE TO BE INVESTIGATED AND PROSECUTED MUCH MORE JAILED FOR STEALING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ...
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  • Efo Kwaku Canada 9 years ago

    Your father was giving a chance to defend his case sweet heart but others didn't get that chance, NDC is not sending those to court and I doubt how NDC fools are fighting corruption as they preach about

  • Sani Mohammed 9 years ago

    YOU BETTER SHUT UP. YOUR DAD WAS A THIEF.HE STOLE GOVERNMENT MONEY TO TAKE YOU TO SCHOOLS ABROAD WHILST OTHERS SUFFERED UNDER RAWLINGS .ARE YOU TALKING NOW BECAUSE THE CORRUPT NDC IS IN POWER.IS YOUR SISTER NOT WORKING AT FOR ...
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  • Pusiga Naaba 9 years ago

    Awura, your father died and I am sorry. We as a nation would not want to wish death on anyone. However, remind yourself that any one who commits naked financial crime should account for their deed. Look , the Kuffuor govt. wa ...
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  • major 9 years ago

    I never thought u were the son of the legendery thief. U should be ashamed for coming out to talk. Ur father said he spent 170000 british pound to educate his children, it is a shame u have the guts to talk. Can u imagine wha ...
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  • Nii Anyetei Blofobii 9 years ago

    Selormey was a THIEF. Thief man's daughter.

  • Bangarlee sylla 9 years ago

    Look forget all y'all . All the politician in Ghana stole , they are all corrupt as fuck . Besides KWAME NKRUMAH , all of em stole . And the jury still stands : the real definition of the word USELESS: an African head of stat ...
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  • KAY 9 years ago

    I never knew he was your father. He was a thief. You must be ashamed of yourself, sweetie. Please keep your mouth shut, ok? Do you know Dr. Fred Boadu of California? He was the accomplice!

  • kofi 9 years ago

    Your dad was a thief. A notorious nation wrecker who stole several amounts of money that could have been used to help the poor n the marginalized.

  • Efo 9 years ago

    Fat bitch your father duped Ghana and you are coming out with such rubbish. He stole to make you fat, isn't it, Bitch.

  • nimo 9 years ago

    Fuck u n your ignorance

  • MODIBO 9 years ago

    I am sure if she had discussed the issue with her good/gentle husband, he would have advised against her coming out to say even a word.She and others like her should thank their stars. I think we should all let sleeping dogs ...
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  • nimo 9 years ago

    N u have the audacity to talk about your father cos u have the media?
    The poor people whose money your father n his cronies stole are crying in the wilderness. Some have died miserably.

  • GHANABA 9 years ago

    I am ashamed to read some of the contributions coming from so called Ghanaians. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

  • Mawuli 9 years ago

    GHANABA, why should any of us be ashamed for stating the fact? Her father was a thief. He was convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction. During his second trial he even negotiated a plea to pay back some money. Prof. Boa ...
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  • VIVOR 9 years ago

    i NEED YOUR DAUGHTER FOR MY SON NOW

  • KOO HYIA 9 years ago

    LOOK, YOUNG LADY !!
    LET YOUR FATHER LIE DOWN THERE PEACEFULLY.

    DO NOT DISTURB HIS PLEA WITH THE ANGELS.

    YOUR FATHER WAS A PROPER THIEF.

  • Osei Yao 9 years ago

    YOUR DAD WAS A CROOK AND CONVICTED CRIMINAL. AS A PRISONER HE DESERVED NO SPECIAL TREATMENT FROM THE OTHER PRISONERS. EWE RAWLINGS KILLED PEOPLE HE DISLIKED, YOUR FATHER WAS LUCKY TO HAVE RECEIVED A FAIR TRIAL

  • Komfo 9 years ago

    Whether the NDC or NPP is in power the value is the same.They spend 8 years in power stealing massively and 8 years in opposition chopping the booty.The poor man is the looser in all this.It just a cycle. Be in power for 8yea ...
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  • MORO 9 years ago

    Is this lady insinuating that her father was not guilty of the crime of causing financial loss to the state, and that, it had to do with some perceived "political prosecution" or what?
    Even the Butcher of Dzelukope is still ...
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  • boka 9 years ago

    SORRY FOR YOUR LOST,YOUR LATE FATHERS PARTY DID WORSE BY KILLING FORMER LEADERS FOR TAKING LOAN WHICH IS PENNY COMPARE TO YOUR FATHERS CASE. SORRY

  • Nii 9 years ago

    Gbedemah was Nkrumah Finance minister and a thief
    Utuka, Amedome, et all were thiefs
    Dan Abodakpe and Victor Sarlomey were thief...

  • marian 9 years ago

    Eei, I wonder if those who comments on issues here have any morals. Self righteous people. Well trained in insults. Shame on you all!

  • Nii 9 years ago

    Dan Abodakpe,
    Victor Sarlomey,
    Amedome and Utoka
    Gbedemah
    the Ahoiws were lucky
    all political thiefs that were jailed

  • kb 9 years ago

    Where is the one nation we wish to build?

  • CA 9 years ago

    I feel sick seeing your picture. Ignorant fool and daughter of a thief.

  • bid 9 years ago

    Your father must by now be excited hear you talk about him. Whatever the unreasonble political beasts and fools talk about your Dad don't mind them.

    Please my condolences on this occasion.I like listening to you and Patri ...
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  • CEDICEDY 9 years ago

    U will definitely feel bad about some of the comments but just be strong and continue with the good job you are doing at viasat 1. God bless u

  • George 9 years ago

    so?some fathers were shot dead

  • prah 9 years ago

    Idiot kokui of trokosi ewe- togolese ancestry having the moral courage to defend her father's thievery act. Wait n see. We've marked your name down.Any time u see us u better run away cos you've touched the tail of anachonda ...
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  • tina 9 years ago

    Foolish girl

  • abba 9 years ago

    You're right prah. Funny girl. Welcome to Ghana politics.
    U fool.
    Ewe woman!!!

  • ???? 9 years ago

    nonsense; do you realise how many innocent children died because money meant to buy medicine was stolen by your dad?

  • abortsi 9 years ago

    I side with you woyome, sad a ,gyeeds,nsss merchant bank. Your father choppedsmall

  • George 9 years ago

    Well I admit she has got VERY nice nipples but I dont think that is what you are aiming at. If you want to know, the money is probably all finished by now. Go look somewhere else for nice nipples.

  • sammy 9 years ago

    she hAS NICE NIPPLELS AND GOOD LOOKING,HOW CAN I GET HER PHONE NUMBER ?

  • JH New York 9 years ago

    My thoughts are with you and family on this occasion when your dear father is remembered.May his Soul rest in peace !.However,your story is said in a manner that seems to depict that your father did nothing wrong at the time, ...
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  • kweku ghana 9 years ago

    your a foolish woman,your father stole our beloved country money to enrich your useless family.your family important than Ghana.God punish your whole family for suffering ghanaians.Abua

  • Akadu Mensema 9 years ago

    You are lucky like the rest of the children of the thievery elite. There are millions of kids in Ghana who didn't have 1/100th of what you had and have today because instead if your father working for the good of the country, ...
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  • ODONTI. 9 years ago

    This girl is just a stupid fool and a daughter of a convicted CRIMINAL. You are crying today, do you know what happened to the families of the former heads of states and the Generals who well killed by your so called revolut ...
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