Watch how Asiedu Nketiah dealt with fake news claiming he owns a fuel station in Sunyani

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has shared an interest story of how he dealt with fake news about him owning a fuel station in Sunyani in the Bono Region.

According to experienced politician, soon after President Kufour exited office, rumours went viral that he owned a chain of fuel stations across the country and about 200 fuel tankers, an allegation that came to him as a surprise.

He said the now opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) made a lot of noise about that allegation so well that many Ghanaians including some NDC party members believed in that lie.

Asiedu Nketia in an interview with Class FM, narrated that he became aware of the rumour only after a party member who was working at a fuel station got sacked by his employer and a call was made to him [Asiedu Nketia] to employ the dismissed employee in his supposed fuel station.

….So that senior person called saying, General, this is a problem we have to solve. This our serial caller he has just been sacked, so we are begging you, can take him at your filling station? Then I saked, which filling station? then she responded: ‘this one near Ohene Gyan’s house.’ “Then I said who owns it, I have no idea.” Then she responded: As for Sunyani everyone knows, so, even me, you want to hide it from me.”

According to the political strategist, following this encounter, he did his own checks and realised that indeed somebody was using his name to run the fuel station.

He added that, he then decided to map out a strategy to deal with the rumour once and for all.

Asiedu Nketiah explained further how he went about it.

“We did our manifesto launch in Sunyani in 2015. So the party people came from all over the country to participate. So, I told the group that came from Tamale with their buses. I told Azorka, go to this particular fuel station. Go and fuel all the buses and tell them that the owner had asked you to come and fuel. So they went and did that. When the people at the filling station demanded asked money, Azorka told them that General Mosquito is the one who asked us to come and fuel the buses. You cannot destroy my name and not have any consequences.”

Asked by the host, why he deliberately let the fuel company incur debt, and how the money was paid, Asiedu Nketiah responded:

“They said they were not paing, the filling station belongs to General Mosquito and he asked them to come and fuel the buses. The owner knew it did not belong to me and he was making all those noises. They even manhandled the attendants and drove off. So, that owner eventually had to emerge and address the press that, that filling station doesn’t belong to Asiedu Nketiah.”

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