{"id":202845,"date":"2016-03-30T16:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=202845"},"modified":"2016-03-30T16:00:26","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T16:00:26","slug":"npp-did-no-wrong-inviting-sa-nationals-ayikoi-otoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/npp-did-no-wrong-inviting-sa-nationals-ayikoi-otoo\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP did no wrong inviting SA nationals &#8211; Ayikoi Otoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Joseph Nii Ayikoi Otoo, has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) did not breach any\u00a0law by inviting the three former South African police officers into the country to train the security detail of Nana Akufo Addo and Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia.<\/p>\n<p>The three were on Tuesday repatriated to South Africa\u00a0after being kept in BNI custody for days.<\/p>\n<p>Government and its communicators have widely criticized the NPP for acting irresponsibly.<\/p>\n<p>But\u00a0in an interview with <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, the former Attorney-General, Joseph Nii Ayikio Otto, insisted\u00a0the NPP did nothing wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see nothing untoward about what has happened and they [Government] themselves feel embarrassed, that is why they are sending the people away. If I decide that I want to bring foreigners what is wrong with that?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe even bring people into this country to come and give us lectures. When we got oil, and wanted to see what we could do with it, didn\u2019t we bring people from Norway and some other places? \u2026This is a global country, we can invite anybody from anywhere to come and do what he wants as long as it is lawful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>NPP still credible\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the lawyers for the three former police officers, Samuel Atta-Akyea, says the credibility of the NPP remains intact despite the party\u2019s disagreement with government over its decision.<\/p>\n<p>The party had been accused by some government officials of unlawfully inviting the men to the country in a bid to undermine the authority of government and national security.<\/p>\n<p>But in an interview with <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, Samuel Atta-Akyea, MP for Abuakwa South, indicated that government\u2019s decision to repatriate the men clearly shows that the NPP&#8217;s decision was not borne out of bad intentions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is going to underline clearly that they didn\u2019t\u2019 have anything serious against the party&#8230;the\u00a0people who brought this whole farce have backed off so I think we have been vindicated that there was nothing untoward happening&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EfeAnsah\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @EfeAnsah<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Joseph Nii Ayikoi Otoo, has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) did not breach any\u00a0law by inviting the three former South African police officers into the country to train the security detail of Nana Akufo Addo and Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia. 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