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�There is only one person on earth, who has a license duly signed by Akufo-Addo to speak on his behalf and that person is Mustapha Hamid. So Nana Addo is responsible only for the unguarded or even responsible statements and utterances of Mustapha Hamid�� says spokesperson for Nana Addo, Mustapha Hamid. This was after Dr Kwabena Arthur Kennedy had asked Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo, 2012 flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to call his supporters who are verbally abusing and threatening Dr. Konadu Apraku to put a stop to the vilification. According to him, he will be �very disappointed� if Nana Akufo Addo continues in his silence, adding �if he is not able to call his supporters to order, how can he call his ministers to order when he becomes President?� However, Mustapha says Nana Addo constitutionally, has no locus to interfere or call any member of the party to order. He indicated that until another election is held to select Nana Addo as a flagbearer, �he is just an ordinary member� and can�t stop them from talking. He explained in an interview on Citi FM that once an election is over, the candidate who stood as the flagbearer ceases to be the leader of the party and hence does not have a say in the actions of its members. According to him, in so far as those slandering Dr Konadu Apraku have not indicated that they are speaking on behalf of Nana Akufo Addo, �any other person, who speaks on NPP matters, speaks on his own behalf.� Mustapha added that �if party people are misbehaving, it is the responsibility of the leadership of the party to call them to order and not Nana Addo.�