Freedom Jacob Caesar to Name Kwame Nkrumah’s Daughter, Samia Nkrumah as His Running Mate For the Upcoming Elections

Ghanaian businessman cum aspiring Presidential Candidate, Freedom Jacob Caesar is reportedly going to announce the daughter of Late President of Ghana, Dr Kwame Nkrumah as his running mate for the upcoming elections.

According to blogger Bongo Ideas, Cheddar who has a plan of protecting the legacy of Dr Kwame Nkrumah chose Samia Nkrumah to be his running mate.

“Nana Kwame Bediako Cheddar will be naming Samia Nkrumah as his running mate! Gathering that he chose her to protect the legacy of Kwame Nkrumah! Expect the official announcement soon!” He wrote on Facebook.

Samia was born at Aburi in the Eastern Region of Ghana in 1960. She was forced to leave Ghana with her mother and brothers on the day of the 1966 military coup that overthrew Kwame Nkrumah. The family were resettled in Egypt by the Egyptian government.

She returned with her family in the year 1975 at the invitation of General Acheampong’s National Redemption Council government and attended Achimota School.

However, she left the country again when her mother decided to return to Egypt in the early 1980s. Samia proceeded to London, later completing her studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London in the United Kingdom, where she obtained the degree of Bachelor Arabic Studies in the year 1991. She also completed a Master’s degree at the same institution in the year 1993.

The new Mandela is a woman”, the Huffington Post described and analyzed her impact on Ghanaian and African politics. She is one of the founders of Africa Must Unite, which aims to promote Kwame Nkrumah’s vision and political culture. As part of this philosophy, she decided to go into active politics in Ghana.

In 2023, she intended to contest for the Jomoro Constituency seat as an Independent Candidate in the 2024 Ghanaian general election.

Samia Nkrumah, a former member of parliament and chair of a major political party in Ghana, urged the president to veto an anti-LGBT bill, calling it “brutal, harsh, and unjust.”

On 7 January 2024, Bediako announced that he would run as the candidate for the New Force movement. This followed weeks of speculation during which the New Force teased its fielding of a “masked” candidate who was widely expected to be Bediako.

The announcement, which was due to take place at Black Star Square, was postponed after the presidential administration pulled the permit for the rally, citing “an unforeseen state event

See Bongo’s post below;