The Methodist Church of Ghana has asked Ghanaians and members of the church to disregard a viral video by a popular NDC activist, Frank Kwaku Appiah a.k.a. Appiah Stadium about Most Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante, a former Presiding Bishop of the Church.
According to the statement from the Church, the video seeks to discredit the reputation of Most Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante, a former Presiding Bishop of the Church.
The Church said the viral video was recorded without Most Rev. Prof. Asante’s knowledge and consent and seeks to also create disaffection for the Bishop and other members of the clergy.
”We wish to state that the video was recorded without the knowledge and consent of the Most Rev. Prof Emmanuel Asante and this seeks to discredit the hard-won reputation of the eminent Cleric and to create disaffection for him and members of the Clergy. We wish to encourage all and sundry to disregard the said video and its content," the statement from the Methodist Church of Ghana read in part.
"The Church stays unaligned to any political party and will comment on national issues as a Stakeholder in the development of our nation Ghana. God bless us all,” the statement said.
Background
Appiah Stadium in the viral video confronted the immediate past Chairperson of the National Peace Council at a funeral of the late chief of Ofinso in the Ashanti Region.
He questioned Prof Asante on why he seems to have lost his voice under the current leadership of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo despite being an ardent critic of the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama.
Most Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante responded and explained in the video that, he used to speak in his capacity as Chairman of the National Peace Council and that, he is no longer the head of the National Peace Council, hence his apparent silence.
