BY Daniel Bampoe
It was a regular Friday morning on Starr 103.5FM when host Naa Dedei Tettey welcomed the leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Kofi Akpaloo, into the studio.
The conversation was centered on Akpaloo’s recent encounter with the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO), an experience that had caught public attention.
During the interview, Akpaloo recounted how he had been tipped off about his possible arrest by well-known National Democratic Congress activist Appiah Stadium.
According to him, Appiah Stadium called to inform him that once the burial of victims of the recent tragic helicopter crash was over, EOCO would come after him.
With that tip, Akpaloo said he packed his “blue bag” in readiness for the authorities.
In a rather lighthearted tone, he described his stay at EOCO as relatively comfortable.
“I was having breakfast from Starbites and dinner from Movenpick,” he disclosed, stressing that he personally paid for his meals. Notably, throughout the conversation, Kofi Akpaloo refrained from insulting or using any demeaning language against Appiah Stadium.
When the interview ended, Naa Dedei thanked her guest and smoothly transitioned into a segment with her co-hosts, opening the lines for listener calls.
That was when the conversation took an unexpected turn.
Appiah Stadium himself called in, visibly agitated.
Without hesitation, he launched into an aggressive tirade, claiming that the station had given Kofi Akpaloo the platform to insult him.
Naa Dedei tried to calm him, urging him to explain himself, but he refused to be placated. When she asked him to switch to English since she couldn’t follow his heated Twi delivery, he retorted that he would not learn English just to please her.
The rant shocked both listeners and studio producers, who hesitated before finally cutting him off the line.
Many have since questioned how Appiah Stadium, who does not work with any security agency, had prior information about Kofi Akpaloo’s possible arrest, and why he felt entitled to harass a radio host on live airwaves.
This incident has sparked a wider conversation about the dangers of relying on third-party information.
Observers point out that Appiah Stadium’s outburst was fueled by misinformation, since at no point in the interview did Kofi Akpaloo insult him.
Media watchers have drawn parallels with past experiences in the entertainment industry where hearsay led to needless confrontations.
A striking example was when Blakk Rasta’s comments on Sarkodie were misrepresented to industry players, creating unnecessary friction until the original audio was revisited and clarified.
