{"id":179787,"date":"2016-01-07T08:34:18","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T08:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=179787"},"modified":"2016-01-07T08:34:18","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T08:34:18","slug":"amakye-dede-thanks-mahama-nana-addo-for-consoling-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/amakye-dede-thanks-mahama-nana-addo-for-consoling-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Amakye Dede thanks Mahama, Nana Addo for consoling him"},"content":{"rendered":"
Legendary Highlife musician, Amakye Dede, has expressed his profound gratitude to President John Dramani Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo, CEO of Despite Group, Osei Kwame and all Ghanaians for the show of support as he recuperates from an accident that killed his manager.<\/p>\n
The man, highly credited for blazing the trail of highlife music in Ghana, was speaking to Accra-based Peace FM on Wednesday from the Cardiothoracic Unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, where he is receiving treatment.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”dnMaLKbPy80tSU6RBFj8VKPND5usZOW4″]Amakye Dede lost his long-time friend and Manager Isaac Yeboah, a former Editor of the one-time popular P&P Newspaper, in a crash on the dawn of January 2.<\/p>\n
The Bunso Junction accident on the Accra-Kumasi Highway, left Amakye Dede and his bodyguard hospitalized in the Eastern Region, but were later transferred to Accra.<\/p>\n