I do not regret the demolition of the $ 5 million Alhaji Yusif hotel – The fires at Rawlings

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Former President Jerry John Rawlings said he was not sorry to have demolished a $ 5 million hotel owned by entrepreneur and executive chairman of the Dara Salaam group, Alhaji Yusif Ibrahim , many decades ago.

He said that he had the urge to demolish the hotel again if it could reverse the course of time.

"If the weather were reversible, I would do it again and again and I would take with them their new gargantuan structures into the streams." The structures have been reported by his own respectable and law-abiding neighbors, "said the former president.

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In 1999, a five million dollar hotel owned by Alhaji Ibrahim was demolished because it was built on a water course.

Recently, however, the CEO and former owner of the hotel, located around the Tetteh Quarshie interchange, said at an event that he had forgiven the former president. to have ordered the demolition of his multi-million dollar hotel.

Alhaji Ibrahim said he had long been forgiving former President Rawlings, under whose administration his hotel had been demolished.

Speaking publicly about this problem for the first time in nearly 20 years in an interview with Good Evening Ghana at the launch of his autobiography, the business magnate said he had forgiven Mr. Rawlings for his wrongs.

"I'm not mad at Rawlings, I'm never angry at anyone, I know that everything that happens to me is God-determined, or God says it's going to happen, so I have nothing against Rawlings No other choice than to forgive him, the Qur'an says that we should forgive and forget, "he said.
Alhaji Ibrahim then took the case to court and then was awarded a judgment debt of 6.13 million GH ¢, which was paid by the administration of Prof. J. E. A. Mills in 2009.

Alhaji Yusif at the launch of a book on the struggles of his life

God does not accept unlawful acts

However, addressing his supporters to mark the 40th anniversary of the June 4 uprising, Mr. Rawlings said that "Alhaji Ibrahim" is not in a position to forgive anyone, even not the bush rat from his hometown, God has nothing to do with illegal structures, he had nothing to do with law enforcement. No restraint when it comes to demolishing the structures of poor people in watercourses or unauthorized areas ".

Contrary to Alhaji Ibrahim's belief about why his hotel was demolished, former president Rawlings said: "… a few months ago, my name was in the news because a some Alhaji Yusif would have forgiven me for demolishing his hotel because he thought I thought he was a co-owner with Sam Jonah and that he was funding a party. opposition, far from the truth. "

He continued: "… in the first place, he is not in a position to forgive anyone, nor even anything, nor even the bush rat in his own hometown."

The former president further pointed out that the indiscriminate use of his name by Alhaji Ibrahim would not bring him any sympathy, citing the location of the hotel as being the reason behind his appeal to his demolition.

"God has nothing to do with illegal structures, it has nothing to do with the application of the law. Governments do not seem to have any constraints when it comes to demolishing the structures of poor people in watercourses and unauthorized areas. Tall people, however, seem to be above the law and are untouchable, "added former president Rawlings.