{"id":4564,"date":"2025-01-17T06:26:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T06:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=4564"},"modified":"2025-01-17T06:26:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T06:26:17","slug":"akufo-addo-statue-vandalized-beyond-repair-in-sekondi-takoradi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2025\/01\/17\/akufo-addo-statue-vandalized-beyond-repair-in-sekondi-takoradi\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo Statue Vandalized Beyond Repair in Sekondi-Takoradi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The statue of former President Akufo-Addo, located at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital, has been completely vandalized by unidentified individuals. Social media posts show the extent of the damage, which has left the statue beyond repair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"843\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8564-843x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4567 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 843px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 843\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not the first time the statue has been targeted. In December 2024, the statue suffered damage to its leg, but it was subsequently repaired. However, the latest attack has left the statue in a state of complete destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blay Nyameke Armah, the Member of Parliament for Sekondi, had previously suggested relocating the statue to Kyebi, Akufo-Addo&#8217;s native land, but this proposal was not implemented before the statue was vandalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vandalism of the statue has sparked mixed reactions from the public, with some condemning the act as unpatriotic and others questioning the relevance of the statue in the first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akufo-Addo Statue Vandalized Beyond Repair in Sekondi-Takoradi<\/p>\n<p>The statue of former President Akufo-Addo, located at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital, has been completely vandalized by unidentified individuals. Social media posts show the extent of the damage, which has left the statue beyond repair.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time the statue has been targeted. In December 2024, the statue suffered damage to its leg, but it was subsequently repaired. However, the latest attack has left the statue in a state of complete destruction.<\/p>\n<p>Blay Nyameke Armah, the Member of Parliament for Sekondi, had previously suggested relocating the statue to Kyebi, Akufo-Addo&#8217;s native land, but this proposal was not implemented before the statue was vandalized.<\/p>\n<p>The vandalism of the statue has sparked mixed reactions from the public, with some condemning the act as unpatriotic and others questioning the relevance of the statue in the first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4567,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4568,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4564\/revisions\/4568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}