The\u00a0life-sized bronze statue, unveiled in November 2024 to honour the president, was reportedly vandalised overnight.<\/p>\n
Images from the scene show the statue\u2019s head severed and lying on the ground, with significant damage to the pedestal. The debris indicates a forceful removal, raising questions about the motives behind the act.<\/p>\n
In one image, the severed head of the statue lies face-up on the ground, its expression still visible despite the damage.<\/p>\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAnother image shows the toppled statue on its side, with fragments of the bronze structure scattered around.<\/p>\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nThe pedestal, which previously held the statue, remains in place but is heavily scratched and cracked. A plaque on the pedestal reads: \u201cThank you from Western Region. H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana. 6th November\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n In another photo, the full extent of the destruction is visible, with the statue\u2019s torso dislodged and resting against the broken pedestal. The scene, illuminated by vehicle lights, shows a grim picture of what was once a prominent landmark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The statue of former Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, erected at the Effia Nkwanta roundabout in Sekondi-Takoradi, has been demolished under mysterious circumstances. The incident was confirmed by top security officials to press and photos shows the \u201cirreparable\u201d damage. The\u00a0life-sized bronze statue, unveiled in November 2024 to honour the president, was reportedly vandalised overnight. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[3082,3081,3080],"class_list":["post-9505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","tag-effia-nkwanta","tag-former-president-akufo-addo","tag-new-patriotic-part-ic-party"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9507,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9505\/revisions\/9507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"The](\"https:\/\/3news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PHOTO-2025-01-13-06-28-34.jpg\")
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