Video: 2016 Election Almost Ended In Chaos, But Asantehene Handily Solved It – Former President Kufuor Reveals

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has been hailed by former President John Agyekum Kufuor for his enormous contributions to Ghana’s development, especially for his part in maintaining the peace the country is enjoying.

The former President Kufuor referred to the Asantehene as a wise man who is respected by people of all political persuasions in an Opemsuo Radio interview shared on X on Wednesday, April 17, 2024,

He said that because of Otumfuo’s wisdom, actors in Ghana’s political landscape listened to him and this has saved the country from trouble, especially during the 2016 general elections.

The former president recalled how the overlord of the Ashanti Kingdom’s intervention averted potential political violence.

“The 2012 or 2016 election almost turned messy at a point. But the Otumfuo intervened and all the factions in the elections accepted the results presented by the Electoral Commission.

“If not for that things were getting very difficult,” he said in the Twi dialect.

Watch the video below 

credit: Opemso) Radio – Kumasi

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