The former Parliamentary Candidate of the New Patriotic Party for the Kpone Katamanso Constituency, Hopeson Adorye has alleged that Baba Sadiq of 3Music Awards fame, was behind the booing of President Akufo-Addo at the Global Citizens Festival.
According to him, the Chief executive officer of 3 Music Awards Baba Sadiq, Larry Dogbe and one Suhuyini organized boys from Fadama to carry out the booing incident.
He said, the booing was orchestrated by the NDC as a result of the one-sided video from the incident even though ‘all the bloggers in Ghana were present and streamed live.’.
Speaking in an interview on Accra-based Okay FM, he said per information available to him, the alleged perpetrators were paid GH¢120 each.
“Per the information I had, it was the Trade Minister who was supposed to to be at the festival to address the attendees. But the fact that the president attended the one in South Africa, and requested that if it comes to Ghana, he will be happy.
“One of the two ministers was supposed to come because president Akufo-Addo’s UN engagement. But fortunately, the president was able to arrive before the day of the event.”he said.
According to Hopeson Adorye, the president agreed to grace the event and that was where Baba Sadiq allegedly got that information.
“They had conversations with him and it was agreed that he will come. Because Sadiq of 3 Music Awards is an industry player and has a connection with the lead organizers, when he heard it, he and Larry and Suhuyini met at a particular place to plan.
“They contracted 75 boys from Fadama and paid each one of them GH¢120. The videos trending is testament to it. It was from one particular shot,” He said.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has accused the National Democratic Congress for being behind the incident, a claim that has been denied by the communication Director of the party.
source: theGhanaianvoice.com