The National Democratic Congress’s (NDC’s) National Youth Organiser states he has pardoned Sammy Gyamfi, the party’s National Communications Officer, for running an attack ad against him.
George Opare Addo said this is because his [Sammy’s] actions were borne out of “immaturity and inexperience”
When Mr. Addo spoke on Adom FM’s morning show, Dwaso Nsem programme on Tuesday for the first time following the hotly contested elections, he made the remark.
In a heated election for the job of National Youth Organiser held in Cape Coast in the Central Region, Mr. Gyamfi openly backed his rival, Brogya Genfi.
He said that the youth wing has been misled for the past four years as justification for why Mr. Addo, often known as Pablo, should not be kept.
However, following the voting, delegates overwhelmingly supported Pablo, who received 533 votes, while Brogya received 508 votes out of the total ballots cast.
Despite his opponents’ allegations of cheating, Pablo claims they are simply bitter losers because he was elected in a free and fair election.
He referred to Mr Gyamfi as a “influence peddling” who campaigned against him using the names of former President John Mahama and former Chief of Staff Julius Debrah.
“Sammy Gyamfi is just an officer of the party and he is part of the influence peddlers. They are those who are using the former President’s name wrongly and they should be called to order,” he fumed.
The NDC youth leader claimed that the premeditated lies told against him in the run-up to the elections made his heart bleed.
Despite this, Mr. Addo stated that he was not shocked by the National Communications Officer’s stance.
“I have no issue with who anybody chooses to support but there are videos of Sammy Gyamfi using Julius Debrah’s name to campaign against me,” the NDC National Youth Organiser stated.
“Sammy Gyamfi is young; it is youthful exuberance, immaturity and inexperience. A time will come he will grow out of it,” he added.
According to Pablo, NDC delegates were quite astute, able to read between the lines, and made the right decision.