{"id":173333,"date":"2015-12-10T17:17:58","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T17:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=173333"},"modified":"2015-12-10T17:31:28","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T17:31:28","slug":"npp-suspends-agyepong-crabbe-indefinitely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/12\/npp-suspends-agyepong-crabbe-indefinitely\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP suspends Agyepong, Crabbe indefinitely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has suspended its General Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong and Second Vice Chairman,\u00a0 Sammy Crabbe indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Disciplinary Committee had asked that Mr. Agyepong be given a 15-month suspension, while Mr. Crabbe was to be\u00a0suspended indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;KkyWROgPHu6LQ1xQFO4TxNwGI2cWv9lx&#8221;]\u00a0But when the National Executive Committee (NEC) met in a crunch meeting at the party&#8217;s Headquarters on Thursday, they decided to suspend both of them indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Crabbe, who is perceived as an ally to the suspended National Chairman, Paul Afoko, refused to appear before the committee after several invitations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Agyepong, by his posture, is also perceived to have supported Mr. Paul Afoko, an action considered as an affront to the regulations of the party.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Franklin Badu Jnr. reports that some members of the party mostly women, stormed the headquarters to pop Champagne to celebrate the NEC\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Agyepong was present at the meeting that suspended him.<\/p>\n<p>Kwabena Agyepong and Sammy Crabbe will now join Paul Afoko as national officers who have been suspended by the party in less than three months.<\/p>\n<p>Some political observers had warned that sidelining such figures will deepen the party\u2019s internal strife, but others disagree.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has suspended its General Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong and Second Vice Chairman,\u00a0 Sammy Crabbe indefinitely. 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