{"id":44861,"date":"2025-01-13T07:31:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T07:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=44861"},"modified":"2026-07-05T15:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:35:40","slug":"statue-of-former-president-akufo-addo-in-sekondi-destroyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2025\/01\/13\/statue-of-former-president-akufo-addo-in-sekondi-destroyed\/","title":{"rendered":"Statue of former President Akufo-Addo in Sekondi destroyed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statue of former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, located at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi, has been destroyed by unknown individuals. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A source close to the police revealed that they received information about the incident and promptly rushed to the scene \u201cBy the time we got there, the damage had already been done,\u201d the source said. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The entire statue has been toppled and destroyed, with the head to the knee area smashed. It reportedly occurred at about 1:30 am on January 13, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Nana-Addo_statue_destroyed3-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10032672061\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unveiled on November 6, 2024, to honour the former president, the statue in December 2024 received\u00a0repairs\u00a0to the leg after\u00a0it suffered noticeable damage. \u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A gaping hole at the back of the left leg sparked widespread speculation about the cause of the damage, with some residents suspecting\u00a0deliberate vandalism\u00a0and others attributing it to possible structural defects. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Nana_Addo_statue_gaping_hole-576x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10032672062\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Eyewitnesses reported that the repairs were carried out on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, around 4:00 pm by two men and a woman. A police officer was also observed providing security at the scene by 6:00 pm. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Nana-Addo_statue_original-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10032672063\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite its restoration, the statue has remained\u00a0a symbol of contention\u00a0in the community. Questions have been raised about its\u00a0appropriateness and timing, particularly in light of other\u00a0pressing developmental needs. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The statue of former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, located at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi, has been destroyed by unknown individuals. &nbsp; A source close to the police revealed that they received information about the incident and promptly rushed to the scene \u201cBy the time we got there, the damage had already been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":44863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1],"tags":[13052,6840,6825,12309,10856,2627,421,3805,7669,5655,11703,5273],"class_list":["post-44861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-akufo","tag-ex-president-nana-addo-dankwa-akufo-addo","tag-hospital","tag-men","tag-nkwanta","tag-pm","tag-police","tag-president","tag-president-nana-addo-dankwa-akufo-addo","tag-security","tag-sekondi","tag-woman"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44861"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44864,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44861\/revisions\/44864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}