{"id":94160,"date":"2015-02-25T06:55:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T06:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=94160"},"modified":"2015-02-25T06:55:45","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T06:55:45","slug":"trial-of-nayeles-alleged-accomplices-was-for-show-npp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=94160","title":{"rendered":"Trial of Nayele\u2019s alleged accomplices\u2019  was for show &#8211; NPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has criticized state prosecutors for withdrawing all charges against the six persons alleged to have aided Nayele Ametepeh to smuggle 12.5kg of cocaine to the United Kingdom freed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;Pg7fa2f3nij7t0LIe33yUhNSPB9jb4MI&#8221;]According to the NPP, this is an indication that government is complicit in the Nayele cocaine saga.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday acquitted and <strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/02\/24\/nayeles-alleged-accomplices-freed\/\" target=\"_blank\">discharged all six persons<\/a><\/span><\/strong> accused of aiding Nayele Ametefe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/contextly.com\/redirect\/?id=3HgOdW3A0x:94085:2534:13::yxkv3R0V9gLHrYauWJBE8WacA:only_previous:54ed6e21562521-80888777\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The six persons were arrested<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in Ghana after news broke that Nayele transported the cocaine through the airport`s VVIP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In interview with <strong>Citi News<\/strong> the Communications Director of the NPP, Nana Akomea described the\u00a0 government\u2019s handling of the issue as a mere show trial.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt is clear that this is just a show trial, to show that government is doing something where in actual fact it hasn\u2019t been doing much,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Nana Akomea, \u201cthe question still remains; how did she access the VVIP with cocaine and all the other incidents. Nobody is been arrested, those questions remain hanging and once it remains hanging it will deepen the suspicion of government complicity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He further observed that Ghana was just been lucky that the British Authorities were able to apprehend Nayele at the Heathrow Airport adding that \u201cit\u2019s a major embarrassment to this country\u2026 So it\u2019s not even about what happened to Nayele, it\u2019s about what did not happen to Nayele in Ghana, that is the big question.\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 New Patriotic Party (NPP) has criticized state prosecutors for withdrawing all charges against the six persons alleged to have aided Nayele Ametepeh to smuggle 12.5kg of cocaine to the United Kingdom freed. [contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;Pg7fa2f3nij7t0LIe33yUhNSPB9jb4MI&#8221;]According to the NPP, this is an indication that government is complicit in the Nayele cocaine saga. 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