The exact words of former president Rawlings as reported by Guardian.ng's Emeka Anufo who had a "no holds-barred" interview with former president Rawlings in Ghana.
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Rawlings must leave Kufuor alone in his sanctimonious proclamations
Former president Kufour in a strong worded statement from his office warned Rawlings to leave him alone.
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Rawlings made reference to an incident where two Western President’s Tony Blair and George Bush in an attempt to topple the reign of Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe used former President John Kufour of Ghana and former president Olusegun Obansajo of Nigeria.
According to Rawlings, Mugabe sacked the two former Heads of State who had gone to convince him to step down.
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However a statement from former president Kufour's office has denied this vehemently.
the statement said.
Signed by Kufour’s spokesperson Frank Agyekum, the statement further said Rawlings has misrepresented the facts of an incident which happened in 2003.
The statement explains that at Commonwealth Heads of State meeting in Nigeria , there were concerns about “the heightened political tension in Zimbabwe following the government’s decree to seize white lands for blacks, and requested some of the leaders gathered to intervene to help calm tempers.”
Thebo Mbeki of South Africa and Obasango volunteered to go on that mission.
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Kufour also responded to Rawlings’ assertion that, after he (Rawlings) left office “western media and western governments were desperately whitewashing the image of Ghana in spite of the atrocities and the corruption that was going on in my country after we had left office.”
He said his achievements which were widely reported were well deserve due to the “ result oriented approach” to govern the country and the “historical, statistical, economic, and social records, for all well-meaning Ghanaians to compare and contrast.”
The statement Rawlings is warned to leave Kufour alone as he has had enough of his attacks.
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