Presidential Staffer, Stan Dogbe, has described as “false, malicious and wicked” reports that he is complicit in the murder of the Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu.<\/p>\n
According to Mr. Dogbe, hours after the incident, rumours of him having a hand in the MP\u2019s death, were making rounds on social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp.<\/p>\n
He also claimed\u00a0in a statement he released on Saturday, that some political opponents had made comments to that effect on some media platforms, saying\u00a0he has asked\u00a0his lawyers to pursue the matter to clear his name.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”02S7acuQDBDcPI58oycGO9gCnzXBH6Zc”]The New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP was killed on Tuesday dawn at his residence at Shiashi in Accra, where he lived with his family.<\/p>\n
A young man suspected to have stabbed the MP, was arrested by the police on Thursday.<\/p>\n
He is currently in the custody of the Bureau of National In Investigations (BNI), who are interrogating to establish the motive of his action and who his accomplices are if any.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile the MP\u2019s private security guard who was arrested for his suspected role in the killing has been granted police enquiry bail.<\/p>\n
Deputy Interior Minister, James Agalga revealed this to Citi FM<\/strong>, on the station\u2019s news and current affairs analysis programme \u2018The Big Issue\u2019 on Saturday.<\/p>\n The man whose real identity remains unknown was arrested as a suspect together with five others.<\/p>\n The five others, mostly persons who lived in the same house with the MP, were discharged shortly after they were invited for questioning.<\/p>\n Below is Mr. Stan Dogbe\u2019s statement<\/strong><\/p>\n My attention has been drawn to series of deliberately concocted stories being circulated via WhatsApp and Facebook, and which have found their way into mainstream media.<\/p>\n I wish to state unequivocally that the claims in those false write-ups being described as news stories are not only false, wicked and malicious, but are also reckless attempts by some political actors to rely on the dissemination of deliberately concocted stories as we head into the November General Elections.<\/p>\n I have instructed my lawyers to request and review audio recordings, stories by some mainstream media houses and also the posts of persons on Facebook who have made similar claims against my person.<\/p>\n I cannot explain the deliberate silence of the Ghana Police Service in allowing what is a politically motivated and concocted story to fester throughout the day. But let me emphasize that: I have not been arrested by any security agency. I have not and have never been involved in any criminal act or with criminally-minded persons. I have not and have never offered anybody any inducement to commit any criminal act. I have never sent a threatening SMS or message to anybody involved in this matter and have no dealings whatsoever with any such persons.<\/p>\n I have not been contacted by any security agency or officer in connection with any criminal act involving the murder of anybody.<\/p>\n While I am aware of the disappointing political climate our opponents continue to build ahead of the elections, and while noting that my boss, the President of the Republic of Ghana, has himself suffered many of these deliberately concocted stories, I do also believe that the leadership of the opposition must sit up and focus on the alternatives that they can provide the people of Ghana as against the Life Changing and Transformative Agenda of HE John Dramani Mahama.<\/p>\n These concocted stories and their image-denting actions- a sad and negative use of social media will not in any way cow my colleagues and I. We are not ignorant of the attempt to undermine the trust that the Ghanaian people have in the Government of President John Dramani Mahama.<\/p>\n We will remain focused and deliver on our agenda of #ChangingLives and #TransformingGhana. S. Xoese Dogbe Presidential Staffer Office of the President Kanda- Accra. Friday February 12, 2016
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