JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied allegations made by Mosiua Lekota that he sold out his comrades.
While replying to the debate on his State of the Nation Address, the president said against advice, he’s decided to respond to the allegation by the Cope leader.
Ramaphosa says at the time of his detention in 1974, he was told that police wanted him to turn state witness against Lekota and others but he refused.
“I’ve never worked with the enemy,” the president said.
President #RamaphosaResponds to the #SONADebate pic.twitter.com/aaNr8iGmK7
— ANC Parliament (@ANCParliament) February 14, 2019
#Ramaphosa: I refused because when the police want you turn state witness; they want you to be an Askari and I refused. They eventually released me and again asked me to work with them. Still, I refused. #RamaphosaResponds #SONADebate
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Ramaphosa then detailed the events which led the Cope leader to accuse him of being a sell-out:
