At first the middle classes and professionals were in the front line of the protests: for instance Ken Ofori-Atta and Yoofi Grant of the Databank brokerage; Ace Kojo Ankomah a lawyer; Kofi Bentil Vice-President of the IMANI-Ghana think-tank who was briefly arrested; Dr Esi Ansah a lecturer at the private Ashesi University; publisher Comfort Ocran of Legacy and Legacy; George Andah the former marketing officer at the mobile phone group MTN; and Kofi Kapito Chief Executive Officer of the Consumer Protection Agency...
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These last four have all written books regarded by Akufo-Addo's inner circle (headed by financier Ken Ofori-Atta) as disloyally critical of the party's election strategy...
Akufo-Addo's backers include big entrepreneurs like his cousin Ken Ofori-Atta and his campaign manager Nich Adi-Dako...
With entrepreneur Ken Ofori-Atta and lawyer Ekow Awoonor Bucknor formed the 'gang of three' who in 1998 narrowly failed to oust Ashanti Goldfields Company boss Sam Esson Jonah after a much-publicised spat with Rawlings and a dramatic fall in AGC's share price...