Information available to Ghanamatters.com indicates that National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has NOT been arrested as being speculated by some news portals.
According to media report, the Ghana Police Service purportedly arrested him earlier this afternoon in Accra apparently in connection with alleged arson and kidnappings in Ghana.
However, a Deputy National Communications Officer of NDC, Godwin Ako Gunn has confirmed to this website that Mr. Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and some senior national executive officers of the party are currently on a tour to visit Heroes and Heroins of the NDC party and has not been arrested.
“it is not true that NDC national Chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has been arrestd, I am currently with him in a meeting”.
The tour exercise forms part of activities to mark the 27 anniversary celebration of the NDC party which started on Monday June 10th 2019.
BACKGROUND
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) had earlier raised alarm that Government was making moves to arrest its National Chairman.
According to the opposition party, it (NDC) had learnt that the government, using the security agencies, has obtained a court warrant in the past few days for the arrest of our national Chairman, Hon. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo.”
The NDC made this known in a statement issued on Sunday, June 9, 2019, and signed by its Director of Communications, Kakra Essamuah.
The statement indicated “we have further learnt that the security agencies intend to do this apparently in conjunction with elements of NPP vigilante forces and that they intend to arrest the Chairman in a manner aimed at lowering him in the esteem of Ghanaians.”
Mr. Ofosu Ampofo is standing trial over a leaked tape in which a voice purported to be his is heard calling for political kidnappings and assassinations of some persons in Ghana.
In the leaked audio, the NDC Chairman is heard purportedly declaring ruthless war against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa.
It would be recalled that some weeks ago, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service once again invited Mr. Ofosu Ampofo for ‘questioning’ as the CID claimed that suspects that have so far been arrested in connection with kidnappings and arson had mentioned Mr. Ofosu Ampofo’s name as the ‘mastermind’ behind the two mentioned crimes.
SOURCE: Ghanamatters.com/Coffie Emmanuel 2019