Alhaji Bature, who was also an outspoken political commentator and a sympathizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), according to a statement from his family, died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, where he had been receiving medical treatment.

[contextly_sidebar id=”LwC8x2fItLK5VmCaOWSUMZ0J28msWWxX”]“The late Alhaji Bature gave up the ghost a few minutes past 3:00pm at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, where he was receiving treatment after a short illness.”

“In line with the Islamic faith, Janaiza prayers will be observed tomorrow, Saturday, January 6, 2018 at his family house at Nima, Gorillas; adjacent UNIBANK. The mortal remains will then be conveyed to the Madina Cemetery at 1p.m. for burial,” the statement signed by News Editor of the aL-hAJJ newspaper and spokesperson for the Iddrisu family, Amos Blessing Amorse, added.

Read the family’s statement below:

Statement on The Sudden Demise of Alhaji Bature Iddrisu

The Iddrisu family and Harzet Company Limited, publishers of The aL-hAJJ newspaper, wish to announce the sudden and untimely death of Alhaji Bature Iddrisu, Managing Editor of The aL-hAJJ newspaper.

The late Alhaji Bature gave up the ghost few minutes past 3 p.m. at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital where he was receiving treatment after a short illness.

In line with the Islamic faith, Janaiza prayers will be observed Saturday, January 6, 2018 at his family house at Nima, Gorillas; adjacent UNIBANK. The mortal remains will then be conveyed to the Madina Cemetery at 1p.m. for burial.

We pray to Allah to forgive his shortcomings and grant him Jannatil Firdaus. Indeed, from Allah we come and unto him is our return.

Amos Blessing Amorse

News Editor, The aL-hAJJ/Spokesperson for the Iddrisu family

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Alhaji Bature, who is also an outspoken political commentator and a sympathizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress, is said to have died today, Friday, at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital where he had been on admission.

A relative of Mr. Bature, who was at the mortuary as at the time he spoke to citifmonline.com, confirmed the death.

The family in a statement said the late journalist, who is the founder of Al-Hajj Newspaper, will be buried on Saturday, January 6, 2018 in line with the Islamic faith.

Read the family’s statement below:

Statement on The Sudden Demise of Alhaji Bature Iddrisu

The Iddrisu family and Harzet Company Limited, publishers of The aL-hAJJ newspaper, wish to announce the sudden and untimely death of Alhaji Bature Iddrisu, Managing Editor of The aL-hAJJ newspaper.

The late Alhaji Bature gave up the ghost few minutes past 3 p.m. at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital where he was receiving treatment after a short illness.

In line with the Islamic faith, Janaiza prayers will be observed tomorrow, Saturday, January 6, 2018 at his family house at Nima, Gorillas; adjacent UNIBANK. The mortal remains will then be conveyed to the Madina Cemetery at 1p.m. for burial.

We pray to Allah to forgive his shortcomings and grant him Jannatil Firdaus. Indeed, from Allah we come and unto him is our return.

Amos Blessing Amorse
News Editor, The aL-hAJJ/Spokesperson for the Iddrisu family

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By: citifmonline.com/Ghana

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This he said is because; some comments made by Rawlings before and after the 2016 general elections have brought the party into disrepute.

“President Nana Akufo-Addo and the NPP have demonstrated that nobody is beyond discipline in any political party. They took disciplinary action against high ranking members of their party and yet convincingly won the election. NDC can do the same, nobody is beyond sanctions in NDC, not Jerry Rawlings, not Martin Amidu. And if any founder of the party including Jerry Rawlings and Martin Amidu is bringing the name of the party into public ridicule and disrepute, they deserve to be hauled before party and sanctioned accordingly,” he stressed on Eyewitness News on Tuesday.

[contextly_sidebar id=”auxkTfykqd6oHBs7qHJXoL3fRETifG1d”]Alhaji Bature who is also the Editor of the Alhaj newspaper made the call on the back of an article authored by former Deputy Chief of Staff, Dr. Valarie Sawyerr who took a jab at Jerry Rawlings and Martin Amidu.

Dr. Sawyerr in her article said Rawlings was “still flogging a dead horse [NDC]” although they are in opposition and further chastised him for praising President Akufo-Addo despite some scandals that has rocked the government.

“They say he booms … I say he buzzes … like an agitated mosquito … looking for his next victim. Again, he heads for other Heads of State … describing their governance as riddled with corruption. Is he trying to say that his reign was unblemished or that his twin brother’s (President Akufo-Addo) reign is unsullied? Really? Who born dog … in fact … who born monkey? JJ oooo JJ … the great Papa JJ … the one and only Junior Jesus … the great saint who never does wrong … you are still flogging a dead horse … the NDC is in opposition in case you have not noticed, while a living raging bull is moving around with reckless abandon destroying everything it finds in its path including the assets and citizens of this nation,” she added.

Mr. Bature on Eyewitness News insisted that Rawlings’ clout in the NDC has waned drastically following his consistent critique of the party and any attempt to believe that he still has grip on the party is only an “illusion.”

“He [Jerry Rawlings] has forfeited any legitimate right to remain the founder of the party. When the party ahead of 2012 election advertised that it was going to hold a rally at Mantse Agbona and he was the special guest, he issued a statement he is not going to a part of it because he has not been invited. Rawlings has forfeited his right to remain the founder of the NDC. Nobody is above discipline in any party,” he added.

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