Accra, Oct. 22, GNA- President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Monday denied social media rumours that he had been rushed over the weekend to the 37th Military Hospital for emergency treatment after a critical ailment.
He said his presence at the health facility had nothing to do with those speculations, but that he had gone there to visit his brother-in-law who had been hospitalized pending a hip surgery.
Speaking at the launch of the Cyber Security Awareness Month at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping and Training Centre at Teshie near Accra, the President said, « Many of you would be surprised to see me here. »
« As you see me here standing hale and hearty, it appears the hospitals, even the military hospitals are a toxic areas for the Commander-in-Chief.
« My brief visit to the 37th Military Hospital yesterday to visit my brother-in-law Captain Powis Spencer, who was there for a hip operation, is being translated into my collapse on the social media in preparation for my evacuation abroad, » the President said.
Those speculations about the President ill-health and his subsequent admission at the Military Hospital took centre-stage on the social media space at the weekend, sparking unease among citizens, many of whom, have been seeking clarification on the matter.
President Akufo-Addo said thus: « All I can say is that… those whose political fortunes depend on my ill health and degeneration, all I can say is that we are all in the hands of the Almighty…Amen, » receiving a thunderous applauds from the gathering.
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