Mahama, Mosquito and other assaults in the High Court of Accra after the escape of Ofosu Ampofo

General News of Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2019-04-16

Former President and Flag Bearer elected from the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama stormed the Accra High Court to support his party's president, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, in his case involving a tape video that would have contained his voice.

Mr. Kweku Boahen, Deputy National Communications Officer, is also scheduled to appear before the High Court of Commerce of Judge Asiedu.

Accompanied by officials from other parties, including Secretary General Johnson Asiedu Nketia, Joyce Bawa and others, the team joined the President for his first hearing in the United States. case concerning the said audio recording.

Mr. Ofosu Ampofo represented by counsel; Abraham Amaliba, Tony Lithur, Dominic Ayine and Edudzi Tamakloe, will answer charges stemming from the contents of the leaked cbadette.

The charges against them are the conspiracy to harm and badault a public official.

In the meantime, the National President and the Deputy National Communications Officer categorically denied these accusations.

Context

An audio that leaked was supposed to be the voice of Mr. Ofosu-Ampofo at a meeting with communicators from the NDC had said: "We will take it [Chairperson of the Electoral Commission] to the cleaners. "

"With regard to the President of the EC, we must wage an unrelenting war against this President. Me, she does not want to see my face, "said Ofosu-Ampofo.

In the audio, he also gave his blessing to party communicators to insult Pastor Emmanuel Asante, president of the National Peace Council.

"For the first time, I will insult the president of the National Peace Council," he said.

The alleged meeting between Mr. Ofosu-Ampofo and the NDC Communicators aimed to plan strategies for the 2020 general elections.

When the problem of the leaked cbadette became viral, the NDC described it as concocted and false.

A statement signed by Mr. Gyamfi and published by the party rejected the authenticity of said gang and accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and some members of the government of being the brains at the origin Of the band.

The NDC therefore urged the public to disregard the audio, which had become viral, and to "treat all of its content with the contempt it deserves".
Subsequently, Mr. Ampofo, after being brought to the CID for investigation, was formally arrested and charged with threatening harm, conspiring to harm a public official and then proceeded to draft his declaration.

After that, he was released on bail of an amount of 400,000 Gh ¢ with two sureties.