Andy Appiah-Kubi, the Member of Parliament for Asante Akim North constituency has revealed that he almost lost his life after leading the protest to have Ken Ofori Atta removed as Minister of Finance.
According to him, the decision by him and 80 other MPs from the New Patriotic Party put him in the bad books of his own political party and had to deal with poisoning at a time.
Andy Appiah-Kubi also revealed how his wife resisted attempts to remove him from the hospital he was receiving treatment at to Accra, an act he said saved his life.
“Let me not be hypocritical. My own government had pursued me in diverse ways after our advocacy, and that is for a fact. And, let me put it on record today that even my life, at some point, was in danger and I have suffered some ailment through the period, got treated, was fortunate, and I thank God that I’m still alive.
“Some people talk about it in the press, somehow exaggerated, but I suffered pain, I got treated over time, and I got healed by a miracle of God. So, I have a history and I’m very careful now. I got careless just over a short period of time but it won’t happen again because I’m more careful now. But I also thank the American institutions for providing me with some level of security support,” he stated.
Appiah-Kubi added that he has been extra careful now after he miraculously escaped from that poison.
“Well, I was told that I had some poisoning… when you attempt to attack people’s integrity, it’s a dangerous enterprise. So, you’d have to be careful, and I’ve always been careful. If you ask my PA, he tells you that I don’t even eat from outside. It was just on the occasion that I did once,” he added.