{"id":3343,"date":"2019-04-16T11:38:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T11:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/?p=3343"},"modified":"2019-04-16T11:38:52","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T11:38:52","slug":"jm-storms-accra-high-court-to-support-ofosu-ampofo-kwaku-boahen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/16\/jm-storms-accra-high-court-to-support-ofosu-ampofo-kwaku-boahen\/","title":{"rendered":"JM storms Accra High Court to support Ofosu Ampofo, Kwaku Boahen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Former President H.E John Dramani Mahama has stormed the Accra High \nCourt to support the national Chairman of the National Democratic \nCongress (NDC) Samuel Ofosu Ampofo who is standing trial today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Mahama who is also the NDC flagbearer for election 2020 was seen \nin the court with NDC General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketiah and a \nteam of lawyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also present at the court are some national officers and members of \nthe party who are there to lend their support to their national \nofficers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Ofosu Ampofo and a deputy national communications officer, Kwaku Boahen\u00a0are standing trial for allegedly instigating violence<\/a> against the Electoral Commission Boss Jean Mensa and the Chairman of the National Peace Council, Prof Emmanuel Asante, following\u00a0an audio tape that contained a voice\u00a0 the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has identified as that of Mr Ofosu-Ampofo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were charged yesterday by the CID to appear before the court which will be presided over by Justice Asiedu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Political Persecutions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the General Secretary of the opposition National \nDemocratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has described the \nprosecution of his national officers as a political \u201cpersecution\u201d to gag\n the NDC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NDC General Secretary believes the  charges slapped on his party officials as \u201cfrivolous, trumped up and illogical.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe president, fully aware that he cannot fulfill the legion of \nutopian campaign promises made to Ghanaians, the President has devised a\n scheme to use malicious prosecutions of NDC functionaries to curry \nfavour with the electorate,\u201d Asiedu Nketiah stated in a strong worded \nstatement copied to Myxyzonline.com.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He continued, \u201cWe demand fair and lawful treatment for all our \nmembers and an immediate end to this harassment. Despite our strong \ndisagreement with this partisan prosecution, we demand fairness in the \njudicial process and it is our expectation that historical hostility to \nthe NDC, whether real or perceived, will play no role in the \ndetermination of all cases and that only the facts of each case, the \nposition of the law and the objective assessment of same will inform any\n outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Asiedu Nketiah, however, averred the NDC would take every reasonable step to assert the innocence of the party officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below is the statement<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NDC DECRIES HARRASSMENT AND MALICIOUS PROSECUTION OF NATIONAL CHAIRMAN AND DEPUTY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Democratic Congress takes note of the scheduled \ncommencement of the trial of our National Chairman, Hon Samuel Ofosu \nAmpofo and our Deputy National Communications Officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We wish to condemn in no uncertain terms, the politically-motivated \npersecution of our officials, cynically disguised as lawful prosecution.\n The NDC finds it curious that the Chief Justice having created the \ndivisions for the High Court with fully constituted Criminal Division, \nthe case of our National Chairman would be assigned to a Justice at the \nCommercial Division of the High Court.  We hope there is no sinister \nmotive behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are aware that the frivolous, trumped up and illogical charges \nbrought against our officials form part of a grand scheme by an \nincreasingly intolerant and vindictive Nana Akufo-Addo to gag the \npolitical opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Akufo-Addo is under the misguided belief that this partisan \nprosecution will divert attention from his dismal display in government \nand the maladministration that is fast driving Ghana into a ditch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fully aware that he cannot fulfil the legion of utopian campaign \npromises made to Ghanaians, the  President has devised a scheme to use \nmalicious prosecutions of NDC functionaries to curry favour with the \nelectorate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had however never thought that such crudeness and blatant \ndisregard for the rights of our members would be the weapons of choice \nin this political vendetta. We have witnessed countless instances of \nharassment, intimidation, criminality, lawlessness and plain terrorism \nby hoodlums operating at his behest. Yet, he has not found it fit to \nprosecute the blood-thirsty bandits who have carried out these crimes \nagainst innocent citizens of Ghana, but is quick to sanction the abuse \nof prosecutorial powers to intimidate opponents on the flimsiest of \npremises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can a President fail so outrageously to act against terrorists belonging to his party who
\nattacked a Court in Kumasi and pretend that a tape of dubious \nauthenticity in which innocuous commentary is made, can form the basis \nof any serious prosecution?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What kind of thinking went into this frivolous prosecution when the \nPresident\u2019s Spiritual acolyte, Owusu Bempah, walks free after attacking a\n radio station with armed thugs?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does the President reconcile his refusal to prosecute the \nterrorists who unleashed violence against innocent citizens of Ghana at \nthe Ayawaso West Wuogon, with this victimization of our officials?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are also outraged, that the Ghana Police Service, has become a \nlaughing stock and are willing to be made a plaint tool in the political\n persecution of Akufo-Addo\u2019s opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We wish to make clear, that contrary to the Akufo Addo government\u2019s \nbelief that the maltreatment of our members, hasty media trials and the \npeddling of outrageous falsehoods against them will meet with a docile \nparty, we will take every reasonable step to assert the innocence of \nour  members and insist on respect for their fundamental human rights.  \nWe demand fair and lawful treatment for all our members and an immediate\n end to this harassment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite our strong disagreement with this partisan prosecution, we \ndemand fairness in the judicial process and it is our expectation that \nhistorical hostility to the NDC, whether real or perceived, will play no\n role in the determination of all cases and that only the facts of each \ncase, the position of the law and the objective assessment of same will \ninform any outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, we assure President Akufo-Addo that his hypocrisy and quest \nto muscle the opposition through the misuse of security agencies and \nmanipulation of judicial processes will fail. We will neither permit nor\n allow the erosion of all the gains made in our democratic dispensation \nonly to satisfy the whim of a President whose actions appears to portray\n dictatorial tendencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are unwilling to cede an inch of Ghana\u2019s political space to a \nleader whose only approach to dissent is persecution. We are comforted \nthat his disastrous performance as President will lead to his dismissal \nfrom office by the people of Ghana at the 2020 elections. This will \nafford the incoming NDC government the opportunity to right his wrongs \nand restore confidence and integrity into state institutions while \npromoting a climate of freedom and respect for all shades of opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, we invite all well meaning Ghanaians to join the NDC in solidarity to defend the
\nfundamental human rights of our citizenry, during this moment of \nunbridled political persecution by the Akufo Addo led NPP government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Signed
\nHon. Johnson Asiedu Nketiah
\n(General Secretary)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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