{"id":116734,"date":"2015-05-16T18:39:36","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T18:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=116734"},"modified":"2015-05-16T21:03:36","modified_gmt":"2015-05-16T21:03:36","slug":"dumsor-vigil-ndcs-halidu-haruna-chased-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/dumsor-vigil-ndcs-halidu-haruna-chased-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Dumsor Vigil: NDC&#8217;s Halidu Haruna chased out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Democratic Congress&#8217; (NDC), Alhaji Halidu Haruna&#8217;s was whisked away to safety by the Police after some participants in the ongoing\u00a0&#8216;Dumsor Vigil&#8217; attempted beating him up.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;71CXGv9mX8ZWZWnevaoeIDy0n5V9KkUn&#8221;]The anger of the protestors stem from Haruna&#8217;s post on his Facebook page describing the female celebrities organizing the &#8216;dumsor vigil&#8217; as prostitutes.<\/p>\n<p>According to <strong>Citi News&#8217;<\/strong>\u00a0Godwin Akweiteh Allotey, the &#8220;protesters hit him with sachet water and hooted at him upon his arrival.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Security personnel who were present at the scene were compelled to whisk him away to\u00a0safety.<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Haruna was widely criticized for verbally assaulting the female celebrities on Social Media.<\/p>\n<p>He subsequently<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/05\/05\/audio-teary-halidu-haruna-apologizes-to-lydia-forson-et-al\/#sthash.17AgLVw1.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong> apologized and retracted<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>his statement and told<strong> Citi News,<\/strong>\u00a0he wishes he never uttered those words.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MG_6770.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-116768\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MG_6770.jpg\" alt=\"_MG_6770\" width=\"768\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MG_6770.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MG_6770-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am dumbfounded as I speak to you now. I wish I could swallow back those words but unfortunately, those words are out there in the public domain. I want to once again retract and reemphasize the apology and say that I am sorry to those I many have disappointed by those words,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-116747\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu.jpg\" alt=\"halidu\" width=\"794\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu.jpg 960w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, he announced that he will be partaking in the vigil but the reception he received is indicative\u00a0some Ghanaians are still embittered by his actions.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Dumsor Vigil&#8217; is being spearheaded by Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson with the aim of forcing the government to urgently find a permanent solution to the three-year energy crisis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Democratic Congress&#8217; (NDC), Alhaji Halidu Haruna&#8217;s was whisked away to safety by the Police after some participants in the ongoing\u00a0&#8216;Dumsor Vigil&#8217; attempted beating him up. 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