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Politician Kennedy Agyapong has alleged that most Ghanaian businessmen are drug
dealers.
In
his estimation, about 85 percent of indigenous businessmen are drug barons.
Ironically,
Mr. Kennedy Agyapong, a successful businessman and a hothead politician of the
opposition New Patriotic Party, is not insulated from the drug tag. For many
years, Mr. Agyapong’s political opponents, particularly in the National
Democratic Congress, have equally painted him as a drug dealer although none of
his accusers have proven the allegations.
Mr.
Agyapong, who has on many platforms laughed off such allegations, made this
latest contentious statement on Friday in an interview with TV3
He
said that his detractors have tagged him with the drug trade because “about 85
percent of Ghanaian businessmen deal in drugs in this country”.
When
the matter of him being a suspected drug dealer was put to him, he retorted
“You see, the drug dealers in the long run they save money. I will be honest
with you; about 85% of the successful businessmen in this country one way or
the other dealt in drugs. Therefore, they don’t believe that there are genuine
businessmen in this country,” he stated.
Asked
if he was a genuine businessman and had never peddled drugs, he responded “Of
course. Hell no. As for relatives yes; my relatives have done it and they
linked me to it. But there are evidences there to show that I was not part of
it. There were certain actions I took that when you go to the police, the
record is there. So, me I am okay; I do a lot of things and I work hard”.
Source: tv3network.com via Graphic
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