Socrate Safo says his now-viral line, “Oh, how deeply and dearly I detest thee,” in connection with his relationship with Kwasi Aboagye was not an insult, but a metaphor for loss.
Addressing potential backlash, Safo explained that the phrase was borrowed from a stage play he once watched in Accra.
The production told the story of a couple whose relationship thrived entirely on conflict until one partner left, and never returned.
“When the wife heard he was dead, she cried, ‘Oh, how dearly I detest thee… who am I going to fight with again?’” Safo recounted.
He likened that moment to his own experience with Kwasi Aboagye’s departure from radio, describing their on-air clashes as a form of creative partnership.
“That, dear reader, is my relationship with Akwesi Aboagye on the radio,” he wrote.
Safo thanked Aboagye for the interruptions, dismissals, heated debates, and the respect that existed off-air.
He also acknowledged the personal side of the transition, joking that Aboagye’s wife, Joyce, would finally have her husband home on Saturday afternoons.
“I will miss you on the radio,” Safo concluded. “And yes, deeply and dearly, I detest thee, my brother.”
