In parliament, his wife is fighting an inglorious tribute delivered while his casket, like his ears, remains open. Far away in Takoradi, a statue mounted by sycophants in his honour is toppled, the way tyrants fall. In his party, the unanimous chorus is that his successor paid for his sins. Why did it take too long for people to see what some of us saw two years into Akufo-Addo’s presidency? In 2019, I wrote an article titled “If Akufo-Addo had died in 2016.” In that piece, I said his tribute and story would have found space in the golden pages of Ghana’s history. His presidency, I argued, had ruined the solid reputation he had built for himself. At the time, I was accused by his supporters of being bitter, whatever that meant. We don’t speak ill of the dead, so if his time comes one day, we shall still see much of the fiction in the form of tributes. But what he is seeing outside of power appears to be the unedited and uncensored tribute in the hearts of many. Those who sang praises and silenced others to catch his eye and be rewarded have retreated into their holes. Yesterday, he would have ordered the investigation, arrest and prosecution of those who broke the statue. Like a fierce priest whose spirits desert him, he is as powerless as the people whose power he got and abused. He can only sit at home and watch. And Auntie Rebecca’s fury cannot change the minds of the jury. Maybe–just maybe–those in charge now will learn a lesson or two; that power is like an orgasm. It puts you on top of the world, but it’s fleeting.
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