The Office of the Former President of Ghana, has dismissed rumours that John Agyekum Kufuor has died.
A statement from the office signed by Kwabena Osei-Adubofour, a senior aide and spokesperson for the former president said the octogenarian was healthy and going about his normal duties.
Stories, from late last week through the weekend, had made it especially across social media platforms claiming that Kufuor had died.
It continued well into this week prompting the office to allay any such reports which it described as claims borne out of mischief or peddled for political reasons.
“We wish to categorically deny such an occurrence and state emphatically that the former president is very much alive and well.
“We therefore urge the general public to disabuse their minds of these malicious and uncanny rumours that spring out of nothing,” the statement read in part.
Read the full statement below:
