Following criticism thrown at the direction of the Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Otchere Darko for saying that base on the information available to him, the Taadi pregnant woman was never pregnant he has finally reacted to critics.
According to the Minister Ghanaians who speak ill of him must be careful as far as the kidnap saga is concerned because he doesn’t come from a cheap family.
Explaining why he came out to clear the air on Josephine’s case, he noted that Takoradi is well known for staged kidnap and therefore there was the need for him to let Ghanaians know the issue on grounds.
Citing an example of a staged kidnap, he mentioned a young girl who had visited her boyfriend while her family hop from one media organization to another in the region with claims that their daughter had been kidnapped.
“When Josephine’s case came up, I was following and at a point, I heard the kidnappers needed some ransom, I provided some money in order for her to be rescued; it was my headache. So, if we are trying to solve a problem and later, we realized that whatever is going on is fake, we have to put it out to the public so that the public will have the confidence that the city they live in is not scary.
“What sin have I committed in putting out factual information, meanwhile I referenced a doctor at the Axim Government Hospital. All of a sudden people think that they’ve gotten some meat to chew, they don’t even listen and they kept on talking, talking, talking and tarnishing the image of Sekondi-Takoradi as well as my image. OB, you’ve stayed in Takoradi before and you know the family I come from; we’re not cheap. Sometimes I get worried when I hear some people speak the way they do,” the minister stated on Asempa FM on Thursday.
He added that as the Chairman of the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) noted that Taadi and Ghana has been disgraced for far too long.
“Whether or not I was wrong in communicating the information available to me as the Chairman of Regional Security Council (REGSEC), the most important thing is the fact that we are providing. It is not about emotions, if you guide your thoughts wisely and you rely on your emotions, you end up becoming stupid. So, Ghanaians should be circumspect in talking about people when this information is given to the public…we’ve been disgraced for too long