The office of former President John Agyekum Kufuor have denied rumours of his death.
The office in a statement signed by Kwabena Osei-Adubofour said Mr. John Agyekum Kufuor is alive and well.
Mr. Osei-Adubofour,a senior aide and spokesperson for the former president, dismissed the rumours of his death that had circulated on social media platforms.
The false reports emerged last week and persisted through the weekend, prompting the need for an official response from the Office of the Former President. The statement emphasized that the octogenarian is healthy and actively engaged in his normal duties.
In response to the spreading rumours, the office described them as baseless and likely born out of mischief or political motives. It urged the public not to give credence to such malicious and unfounded claims.
“We wish to categorically deny such an occurrence and state emphatically that the former president is very much alive and well.
“We, therefore, urge the general public to disabuse their minds of these malicious and uncanny rumours that spring out of nothing,” the statement read in part.
John Agyekum Kufuor served as the President of Ghana from 2001 to 2009 and remains an influential figure in the country’s political landscape.
Below is a copy of a statement issued by the Senior Aide and Spokesperson for Former President Kufuor, Dr Kwabena Osei-Adubofour
Reports of the demise of Former President John Agyekum Kufuor are false
The Office of Former President John Kufuor has, over the past several days, been inundated with persistent rumours of the supposed passing away of Former President John Kufuor.
We wish to categorically deny such an occurrence and state emphatically that the former president is very much alive and well.
We, therefore, urge the general public to disabuse their minds of these malicious and uncanny rumours that spring out of nothing.
The office further urges those who may be behind the propagation of such wicked untruths to desist from them henceforth; there have been far too many.
We can only speculate that the perpetrators do so out of mischief-making and possibly for unfathomable political purposes.
We pray for God’s continuous blessings on our former president.