Accra: Ghanaian author Barima Piesie Okyere-Darko has made a controversial claim about Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah. In an interview with Channel One TV shared on social media, Barima Piesie Okyere-Darko alleged that Nkrumah misled Ghanaians into believing that his political movement was entirely new.
According to Ghana Web, Okyere-Darko stated that Nkrumah relied heavily on propaganda to create the impression that the Convention People's Party (CPP) was not derived from the earlier United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC). He argued that Nkrumah's book admitted to using propaganda, which deceived Ghanaians into thinking the CPP was a fresh political entity.
Okyere-Darko further alleged that Nkrumah once claimed J. B. Danquah and other UGCC leaders accepted bribes from the British, influencing public perception at the time. He mentioned that Nkrumah accused Danquah of traveling to the UK to take a bribe, while the purpose of the travel was to attend a Pan-Africanist conference. Nkrumah reportedly told Ghanaians that all UGCC leaders received £25,000 each, except for him, contributing to the narrative that he was not forming a new party with differing ideas.