Francis-Xavier Sosu, a member of parliament for the Greater Accra Region’s Madina constituency, has apologized for an expletive-filled rant he delivered during the #OccupyBOG protest.
Sosu had hurled some foul insults at New Patriotic Party (NPP) leaders, including the deposed governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison.
Francis Sosu basically said WMT to all of those leaders, saying it in a very crude Ga accent.
Francis Sosu changed his mind and offered an apology after facing criticism.
He claimed that they did not speak for him and that he was only angry at the NPP for having destroyed the nation.
To Serwaa Amihere, he said: “I was basically consumed by anger and frustration toward the mismanagement at the BoG. I take full responsibility of my statements on that tape, and I sincerely apologize to anyone who felt offended by my statements.
“Please find a place in your heart to forgive me. That was clearly out of character. This is not typical of the Sosu you know… “
Watch the apology below…
#OccupyBoGDemo #OccupyBoGProtest:
I was basically consumed by anger and frustration toward the mismanagement at the BoG. I take full responsibility of my statements on that tape, and I sincerely apologize to anyone who felt offended by my statements.
Please find a place in… pic.twitter.com/uVNmUhV15V
— Serwaa Amihere (@Serwaa_Amihere) October 4, 2023
Below is the full statement issued by the Madina MP;
Meanwhile, during an interview with Kafui Dey on GTV’s Breakfast show, the Madina MP publicly apologized.
“A very good morning to your cherished viewers and let me first sincerely apologize to all Ghanaians and to everyone following the trends, I take full responsibility for my actions and those words and I ask that whoever is offended by those words will find a place to forgive me. He continued by saying, “it is not a position I would encourage anybody to indulge in because I have also become a role model to many young people and I retract those words” Francis-Xavier Sosu said during the live interview.
Elucidating what caused him to say those things, he said, “I think it is the frustration and anger from work that pushed me. What you saw yesterday was a reflection of bubbled up anger against a system that is simply not working and a system which does not want to be accountable and it wows me.” “Where there is violence there must always be peace after violence and so let peace prevail because there are very important things that I am working at and I don’t think that my actions will divert the attention”.
