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Efia Odo, one of the animators of the #FixTheCountry campaign
• Efia Odo is saddened by the death of Macho Kaaka
• She claims some social media users blame her and other #FixTheCountry activists for the incident
• She says she won’t give up until the country is mended.
Efia Odo, one of the organizers of the #FixTheCountry campaign couldn’t hold back tears when faced with a question about the death of fellow activist Ibrahim Mohammed popularly known as Macho Kaaka and two others in Ejura in the Ashanti region.
The actress who was on Angel FM to discuss her activism became moved by the first question she was asked, sobbing as she made her points.
Efia’s cry was fueled by two things. She revealed that a social media user sent her a disheartening message, accusing her and other #FixTheCountry members of being the cause of Macho Kaaka’s death.
She claims the texter said that without their activism Macho Kaaka would not have been beaten and killed by a mob.
The other reason for her crying is that she imagines herself in the same situation as Macho Kaaka, declaring that “it could have been me”.
Efia Odo like most of her fellow Crusaders has received threats from anonymous people but she is unrepentant in her determination to fight the cause of the Ghanaian.
She told Angel that until the demands of #FixTheCountry advocates are met, they will never back down despite concerns about their lives.
“I feel like it’s my fault. I’ve read reviews and some people are saying that without the #FixTheCountry campaign it wouldn’t have happened but if the country was going in the right direction we wouldn’t be complaining.
“This human being who was killed because of his activism and his family members are protesting and you are killing them. Instead of the police protecting and defusing the situation, they instead killed people. It’s not easy for me to say. I don’t care about fame or anything, but it’s lives. I see comments as if we hadn’t started the campaign he would be alive but Kaaka did his thing before we started, ”she said.
Kaaka’s death and the ensuing unrest resulted in the deaths of two other people who were buried.
The outcry that followed the incident led to the establishment of a ministerial committee to investigate the various issues that were raised.
The three members of the committee are Judge George Kingsley Koomson (Judge of the Court of Appeal), Dr Vladimir Antwi Danso, security expert and Juliet Antwi Amoah, Executive Director, Penplusbyte.
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