Samuel Atta Mills, brother of late former president John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills, has blamed the New Patriotic Party (NPP), for the chaos that occurred during the wreath-laying ceremony to mark 12 years Atta Mills’ passing.

The event which took place on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at Asomdwee Park was marred by an altercation between the former deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho and Ataa Mills' family.

Speaking to Onua TV, Samuel Atta-Mills who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem constituency in the Central Region alleged that the ruling government paid former NDC Deputy General Secretary Koku Anyidoho to incite his actions during the ceremony

"Prof Atta Mills has worked with a lot of people, from his childhood till his death. Koku Anyidoho is making things difficult for our family. That guy’s attitude must be checked. What happened is that we had gone to J.A Mills Heritage for a permit to Asomdwe park for a ceremony. Apparently he had also gone for a permit. We planned on starting ours at 9 am to 11 am and his was 6-7am. As of 7am he had not set up yet refused to vacate the area for my family and I to take over. It’s the NPP that is giving him money to misbehave.

Koku Anyidoho, according to late Atta Mills’ brother, exceeded a scheduled time at the venue, delaying the second event at the same venue to mark 12 years since President Mills' passing.

The second event, Mr Samuel Atta-Mills was by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the J.E.A. Mills Memorial Heritage.

Meanwhile, the sister of late Atta Mills, has called the incident "ugly and disgusting."

She emphasized that those present at the earlier ceremony were not their relatives.

The family has hinted at filing an injunction at the court to prevent Koku Anyidoho from using the late President’s name for his activities.

“When we came he was here with a rented family, so we just gave him a little bit of encouragement to get out of here and he ran away like the coward that he is.

“The next move is to put an injunction on him for using the name Atta Mills, he’s not Atta Mills and he will never be Atta Mills and that’s what it is,” the brother of the late President said.

The NPP government is the one sponsoring Koku Anyidoho to cause confusion and misunderstanding at the commemoration of the late J. E. A. Mills. - Samuel Atta-Mills asserts#OnuaFM #YɛnNsɛmpa pic.twitter.com/RNztiu3q8a— Onua FM (@onua951fm) July 25, 2024