Koku Anyidoho, the former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has made startling claims regarding his dismissal from the presidency less than 48 hours after the passing of former President John Evans Atta-Mills.
In an interview with Atinka TV on June 1, 2023, Anyidoho recounted the events following the death of President Mills.
According to him, he received a phone call the day after President Mills’ passing from an individual inquiring about his well-being.
However, due to his discerning spirit, he sensed something amiss and doubted the authenticity of the call.
Just minutes after the initial call, another person contacted Anyidoho to inform him that a decision had been made during a meeting held on July 25, 2012, to dismiss him from his role as the Director of Communications within the presidency.
The caller relayed that President John Mahama, who had been newly appointed, stated that he could not work with Anyidoho “for obvious reasons.”
Shocked by the sudden turn of events, Anyidoho shared that a few days later, he visited a prominent party member who straightforwardly advised him to seek alternative employment since his appointment had been terminated by the new president.
These revelations have raised eyebrows within the political landscape, as Anyidoho believed he had a close relationship with President Mills and did not anticipate being denied by him. The sequence of events unfolded even before President Mills’ burial, leaving Anyidoho astonished and questioning his future prospects.
“Prof died on 24 July 2012, on the 26 of July in the morning around 6 am…so let’s say less than 48 hours I got a call from one of these people, the person asks Koku how are you? then I replied I’m fine but I didn’t trust the call…because God has given me some discerning spirit so when the call came in and I saw it, I knew it wasn’t genuine.”
“So, five minutes after the call another person called, and he was like yesterday we were in a meeting, which is the 25th July and a decision has been taken that I must leave the presidency and that the new president (John Mahama) says that he can’t work with you for obvious reasons, so get ready and pack out of the presidency.”
“Go and look for three or four state institutions so that you will be considered either CEO or deputy CEO because as for the presidency you are out, so he was like by the end of the day people will call you and tell you, so, I don’t want you to be shocked that is why I am telling you in advance, I said thank you.”
“…a couple of days later I drove to the home of one of the big men, by 7 am I was there, so the moment I sat down, then he was like, Koku you have to go and look for another job, are you going to go back to the bank …so I replied him that the bank that I left for more than ten years now, how I’m I going back to the bank.
“So, he mentioned the name of the president, saying that he has said he cannot work with me so I have to leave and go and look for something else to do,…when I left that man’s house and I didn’t commit suicide, it means that it is not in my DNA to commit suicide, I was shocked because I thought I was so close to Prof so if anybody will deny me, not him and all this happened before the burial of prof.”
