The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), , has quashed claims that the founder of the party, the late Jerry John Rawlings, was a killer.

According to him, members of the who label Rawlings as a murderer because of the June 4th Revolution, where people lost their lives, are detached from history.

He stated that the NPP, led by Kotoka and Afrifa, were the first to carry out a coup d'état after Ghana gained independence.

Asiedu Nketiah stated on Radio Gold, monitored by GhanaWeb, that he was taken aback when the Member of Parliament of Klottey Korle, Dr. , was called the daughter of a murderer in Parliament.