Sarkodie Slams Sammy Gyamfi Over George Floyd-EC Cartoon – ‘Take It Down’

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Sarkodie Slams Sammy Gyamfi Over George Floyd-EC Cartoon - 'Take It Down'

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-drop-cap">Ghanaian rapper <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;occupygh&period;com&sol;tag&sol;sarkodie">Sarkodie<&sol;a> has asked NDC’s National Communications Officer&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;occupygh&period;com&sol;tag&sol;sammy-gyamfi">Sammy Gyamfi<&sol;a>&comma; to take down a tweet about the voters’ register that referenced <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;occupygh&period;com&sol;tag&sol;george-floyd">George Floyd’s murder<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The tweet was an illustration that sought to express how he&comma; Sammy Gyamfi&comma; felt the Electoral Commission and the government were handling the new voters’ register saga&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A man in a vest tagged &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;voter” was on the floor&comma; the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;EC Chairperson” had placed a heavy book – the new voters’ register – on the voter’s neck and placed her knee on her victim’s neck&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I can’t breath&comma;” the last words of George Floyd is what the voter is supposedly saying&period; President Akufo-Addo was added to the illustration&period; He also had his knee on the voter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- Standby Ad -->&NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" style&equals;"display&colon;block" data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-6098654251180599" data-ad-slot&equals;"2837309348" data-ad-format&equals;"auto" data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins>&NewLine;<script>&NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Although Sammy Gyamfi posted an interpretation of the post saying it was not to mock George Floyd’s murder&comma; Sarkodie believes that it was still not right to make nor post the artwork in the first place&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Retract and take it down&period;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;occupygh&period;com&sol;sarkodie-slams-sammy-gyamfi-over-george-floyd-ec-cartoon-take-it-down">&period;<&sol;a>&period;” the Lucky hitmaker wrote adding that regardless of the interpretation the NDC Communicator gives&comma; he is still wrong in using that reference&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Naa my brother we all go wrong sometimes… I will believe your intention wasn’t to joke with this serious n very sensitive issues&comma; but you still wrong just do what’s right&comma;” he wrote&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Check out the post below or visit &nbsp&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;occupygh&period;com&sol;category&sol;breaking-news">OccupyGh&period;com for more stories&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1267808494050295808" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" style&equals;"display&colon;block" data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-6098654251180599" data-ad-slot&equals;"9741413754"><&sol;ins>&NewLine;<script>&NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;OccupyGh&period;com">OccupyGh&period;com<&sol;a> <&sol;p><p class&equals;"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;chat&period;whatsapp&period;com&sol;JVGCtXdCoiKHCI3CXwMC5l" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Tap To Join Our<&sol;a> WhatsApp Community<&sol;p> &NewLine;

Elisha Opoku-Fosu: Elisha Opoku-Fosu is a final year student of the University of Ghana, pursuing a degree in Fine Arts. Elisha is a fascinating celebrity writer. I also find local politics interesting and have plans of taking up a political task in the near future. You can contact me on Phone: +233242067933 or Email me on: ElishaOPF@gmail.com