Actor and politician Prince David Osei clears air on viral insult allegations
Ghanaian actor and politician Prince David Osei has issued a stern warning to critics following backlash for his political stance in the recent elections. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Andy Dosty on Daybreak Hitz, Prince David Osei emphasized his readiness to defend himself against attacks while advocating for mutual respect despite political differences.
Addressing the criticism he faced after comments from his verified X (formerly Twitter) account about President-Elect John Dramani Mahama, Prince stated:
“One thing I know for sure is no man can kill me unless God allows it, but I’ll also defend myself because Ghana belongs to all of us and I’m not afraid of anybody.”
The actor highlighted the need to respect diverse political ideologies, insisting that everyone has the right to their own affiliations.
“If I support a political ideology and someone stays at home and they feel like it’s right to attack me, I’ll defend myself because they also support a political party,” he remarked.
Prince David Osei came under fire after a now-deleted post from his account allegedly referred to the President-Elect as a “drunkard.” He clarified during the interview that the controversial post was not authored by him. Instead, he revealed that his cousins and friends, who had access to his phone, were responsible for the post.
“After the election, we were all pained and sort of depressed because we were surprised at the outcome. But all the same, I came out to congratulate the NDC and the President-Elect. I even posted him and said what I had to say—elections are over, we should all learn to live in peace. Then I started getting a lot of attacks on Twitter,” Prince explained.
Due to his disappointment, he said he left his phone with his cousins and friends to avoid seeing the online abuse. He was later shocked to learn that the insulting comment had come from his account.
“I went on my Twitter feed to check where that was coming from. I noticed there was nothing like that, but I saw people tagging me in something written by me on my page. Then I said no, I didn’t write this. I started asking my cousins and friends, and they said people were annoying them, so they were replying to them. Because it was coming from my page, I came out to apologize and said I was sorry because people were calling my phone consistently with death threats,” he recounted.
Despite his apology, Prince maintained that it is not in his nature to insult elders, emphasizing that he only posted a congratulatory message to the President-Elect.
“The only thing I posted was a congratulatory message to the incoming President. It’s not in my nature to insult elderly people,” he concluded.
