The Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, explained how he ended up apologizing to his wife over NAPO's comment comparing Nkrumah and Akufo-Addo.

Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, also known as NAPO, was unveiled as the NPP's vice presidential candidate for the 2024 elections on Tuesday, May 9, 2024.

In his speech during the unveiling ceremony in Kumasi, NAPO praised Akufo-Addo as the best leader Ghana has had since independence.

Mr. Baako recounted that his wife informed him of NAPO's statement that "from 1957 to now, whether you pick 'your' Kwame Nkrumah... there is nobody who has led Ghana and protected the country or developed Ghana more than Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo."

Initially, Mr. Baako dismissed it as an old video resurfacing for mischief, as he had heard NAPO make a similar comment in the past.

However, when he later discovered that the comment was indeed recent, he felt compelled to apologize to his wife.

"I could not monitor any of what happened in Kumasi. But in the evening, Isha called me and told me that this is what NAPO has gone to say. "She feels uncomfortable with it." So I asked her "are you sure?" she said ye, NAPO said this and that. Then I said I think I have heard NAPO make the same comment some years ago when there were conversations about FREE education. We ended up having an argument because she was insisting this was a current statement. But in no time, I recieved another text message from Nyaba (coffee shop). He also sent a script but I also told him that this is old so he should forget about it because it could be a mischief. But late in the night, I scanned through Facebook and I saw a video. Then I told myself I made a mistake by telling these two ladies that NAPO's comment was an old one. As we speak, I have sent an apology to my wife but he said he will not accept the apology. I have also sent Nyaba a message for misrepresenting the situation," Mr Kweku Baako explained.