Appiah stadium was arrested in the Ashanti Region on Tuesday afternoon after he alleged in a viral audio clip that the President, Nana Akufo-Addo smokes marijuana [wee], a banned substance.<\/p>\n He was handcuffed and transported to the Headquarters of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Accra to answer questions concerning his claims.<\/p>\n But according to Rashid Pelpuo, the police erred in their way of handling the matter.<\/p>\n He described the police as being \u201coverzealous\u201d and acting in the name of the President, when the president may not have authorized them to do so.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that there is something political about it, and that is the reason why I think that it shouldn\u2019t go far. This matter shouldn\u2019t proceed beyond today [Tuesday]. The President should come out and ensure that he dissociates himself from this event and go ahead to order a release. If he wants, he can\u00a0take his own action. He is the one insulted, he is the one who can take the matter to court, he is the one who can seek justice. And if it bothers on criminality then at one point he can wash his hands off and then the law can take its course. I think Appiah Stadium is being unfairly and unjustly being incarcerated.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf they [Police] are overzealous and they are doing it in the name of the president he should come out and say it\u2019s not me [Akufo-Addo],\u201d Rashid Pelpuo said.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the police have said the arrest is grounded in law and they are looking to have Appiah Stadium substantiate his claim.<\/p>\n A Ghanaian lawyer and former Executive Director of Danquah Institute, Gabby Asare Otchere Darko, has suggested that it was wrong for the police to\u00a0handcuff <\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Appiah Stadium, for allegedly accusing the President of smoking \u2018wee\u2019.<\/p>\n According to him, the president will be \u201cextremely unhappy\u201d over the development.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a series of Facebook posts on the matter, he said,\u00a0\u201cThese things shouldn\u2019t happen. I can see the president being extremely unhappy about any citizen being arrested for allegedly insulting him. It goes against all that he stands for. I may not be privy to the details, but I know whatever the justification the President will not like this one bit…He [Appiah Stadium] could have been invited without the handcuffs. Very unnecessary; uncool.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Appiah](\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/appiah-stadium-again.jpg\")
![\"Gabby](\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/gabby-otchere-darko-3.jpg\")