Charles Wereko Brobbey, a leading member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and a childhood friend of President Akufo Addo has revealed a shocking encounter where President Akufo Addo attempted to pluck out his eyes in anger.
According to Wereko Brobbey, aka Tarzan, he had granted an interview to Joy News’ Evans Mensah, where he had been extremely critical of the Akufo Addo administration. Apparently, the President with the violent streak did not find the criticism amusing, saying Tarzan was lying.
Tarzan was speaking recently in an interview with Asempa FM’s Philip Osei Bonsu “O.B”.
“He met me at a funeral and almost poked my eyes out of the socket…As for me, I spoke my mind [during the interview]. Anybody who thought I was lying can have their opinion,” Tarzan revealed shockingly.
When the O.B quizzed if the President tried the eye-poke as a joke, Tarzan countered, saying he actually wanted to hurt him out of anger.
He went on to elaborate why he thinks President Akufo Addo was going for his blood: “You may recall that I granted Joy [News] an interview with Evans Mensah. It was after that interview that he [Akufo Addo] met me. If I hadn’t dodged the attempted assault, he would have plucked my eyes out.”
To be sure, Tarzan challenged anybody caring to probe the violent act towards his person to go ask President Akufo Addo.
This revelation by Tarzan reinforces the much-talked-about violent and vindictive streak of President Akufo Addo as stated by many of his close friends.
And when he became President, his regime has been described as one of the bloodiest in Ghana’s history, with a brutal crackdown on dissent and muzzling of critics, as well as a meteoric rise in extra-judicial killings by the security services which he heads as the Commander-in-Chief.
During the 2020 Presidential elections where he won, almost a dozen unarmed civilians protesting election rigging in favour of the incumbent were gunned down and killed in cold blood.
Under the Akufo Addo administration, Journalists and social advocates have been killed, unlawfully arrested and driven into exile, while critics have been spied on, arrested and unconstitutionally detained I what former Chief Executive Officer of Ashanti Goldfields, Sir Sam Jonah described as the return of the culture of silence.