I’ve no hand in Abronye DC’s beating – Regional Minister

The Minister of the Brong Ahafo Region, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, has dismissed assertions by Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, that he was behind last Saturday’s attack on him.

Abronye DC, known for being vocal for the cause of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), was beaten to pulp over the weekend at a party meeting.

He fingered the regional minister as being behind the whole incident.

But the minister has openly denied this.

“Let me not mince words, I have no hand in whatever happened to the young man,” the regional minister stated in a release on Monday.

“I had no knowledge of the alleged assault till I had a call from a third party. I am not responsible for that uncalled for conduct. It is very bad that as same is wrong in law and the suspects should be dealt with according to law.”

Find the release below

ATTACK ON ABRONYE AND MATTERS ARISING.

The past weekend was marked by an event which nearly marred the peaceful atmosphere being enjoyed in the region.

My younger brother, Kwame Baffoe, as reported on some airwaves, and as was relayed to me by a third party, had been at the mercy of some thugs when he visited would-be delegates in the Atebubu-Amantin constituency in his bid to vie for the First Vice Chairmanship position of the party in the Brong Ahafo Region.

While I was frantically trying to get in touch with the regional police command in an effort to arrest and deal with the perpetrators of that alleged assault on Abronye, much to my surprise, I heard that I was the one who had instigated and masterminded the alleged attacks on my brother.

I initially dismissed it since it wasn’t coming from Abronye himself but someone who claimed to be his aide. I waited, expectantly, for Abronye DC to clear the air.

I was to be disappointed when Abronye DC granted an interview in which he categorically stated that I had ordered for him to be brutalized because the alleged leader of the gang Jafaru Yakubu is my ‘boy’ and that I once got him out of prison as a lawyer. Needless for me to bombard you with the other allegations made against me as a result of that incident.

Let us look at this simple logic. Assuming without admitting that I would want Abronye to be taught a lesson, why would I employ the services of my ‘boys’ knowing very well that I would be the prime suspect? If, I wanted something bad done to Abronye DC, I would not have hired ‘thugs’ always seen with me to perpetrate such an act. I would be the first person to be accused if I do that. Let me state emphatically that I have no intention to ever hurt Abronye in any shape or form. This is democracy, and as a lawyer, I fully understand its tenets and would not use such a crude methodology to bulldoze my way through.

In any event, the allegations which informed Abronye to bastardize me in public have been responded to, and in due course, the outcome will be made known to the general public.

Is it not strange that someone like Abronye would receive a call from Jafaru, threatening to deal with him if he ever steps foot in Atebubu, and he failed to record and lodge complaint to the police? One is tempted to believe that Abronye’s continued efforts to denigrate me informed him to steal that incredible line into the equation.

Let me address one more misconception. I have my security detail and Jafaru is not one of them. I am in Sunyani and he is in Atebubu. That makes the point that he is part of my boys moot.

Source: otecfmghana.com