{"id":87100,"date":"2015-01-30T17:31:18","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T17:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=87100"},"modified":"2015-01-30T17:37:44","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T17:37:44","slug":"npp-orders-forensic-investigations-into-bugri-naabus-secret-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=87100","title":{"rendered":"NPP orders forensic investigations into Bugri Naabu&#8217;s &#8216;secret tape&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has ordered a forensic investigation\u00a0into the alleged secret tape of the party\u2019s Northern Regional Chairman, Daniel Bugri Naabu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A press statement signed by the NPP\u2019s General Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong said the National Chairman of the party directed that \u201cthe audio recording should be forwarded for forensic examination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;EtnKtXIO6DXSAZBS049xWDA4nF3QUmQJ&#8221;]\u201cA thorough investigation into this matter is justifiable, in order to ascertain the identity of the voice on the tape and the veracity of its contents. Hopefully, this will expose any mischief meant to undermine the unity of the party,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>The decision according to the press statement was taken at\u00a0the meeting by the NPP&#8217;s Steering Committee held on January 27, 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bugri Naabu has come under intense criticim after allegedly accusing\u00a0NPP big wigs, including party Chairman Paul Afoko and General Secretary Kwabena Agyapong, of taking bribes from the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) to make the NPP lose the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41397\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Kwabena-Agyapong.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41397\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Kwabena-Agyapong.jpg\" alt=\"Kwabena Agyepong, General Secretary of the NPP\" width=\"550\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Kwabena-Agyapong.jpg 550w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Kwabena-Agyapong-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kwabena Agyepong, General Secretary of the NPP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His alleged comment has incurred the wrath of the party\u2019s Former General Secretary, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/28\/suspend-bugri-naabu-now-ohene-ntow-demands\/#sthash.uVhY1r7u.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Nana Ohene Ntow<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and other groups <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/26\/bugri-naabu-will-sabotage-npp-2016-npp-youth-group\/#sthash.LVRztxnm.U4jvkFGZ.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>who are calling for his removal<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Daniel Bugri Naabu has since denied ever making such allegations saying he\u00a0\u201csees this as a calculated attempt to sow seeds of discord between him and the leadership of the party and to tarnish his hard won reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has ordered a forensic investigation\u00a0into the alleged secret tape of the party\u2019s Northern Regional Chairman, Daniel Bugri Naabu. A press statement signed by the NPP\u2019s General Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong said the National Chairman of the party directed that \u201cthe audio recording should be forwarded for forensic examination.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[43,38],"class_list":["post-87100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-foresight-medical-center","tag-palaver-newspaper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}