{"id":208427,"date":"2016-04-22T10:30:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T10:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=208427"},"modified":"2016-04-22T10:30:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T10:30:08","slug":"ba-npp-call-mahama-sack-regional-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/04\/ba-npp-call-mahama-sack-regional-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"B\/A NPP call on Mahama to sack Regional Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Brong Ahafo Regional executives of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), are demanding the immediate dismissal of\u00a0the Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Eric Opoku, following his comments to the effect that Muslims who align with the NPP are fake.<\/p>\n<p>The Regional Minister incurred the wrath of Muslims after he advised true Muslims to stay away from an elephant which is the emblem of the NPP, quoting the Quran to support his call.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;O6MIaI9D5uCz7pVgekPHHGyhSETkbnJL&#8221;]Quoting a chapter in the Quran, Mr. Opoku said any Muslim who\u00a0associates with an elephant is not\u00a0authentic.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, the Brong Ahafo Regional Secretary of the NPP, Alfred Ofori said Mr. Opoku has to\u00a0be removed from office for the sake of peace and unity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we want unity to prevail in Brong Ahafo, the President must remove him from office and he [Mr. Opoku] too must come out and apologize and retract the statement that he made.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also\u00a0noted that comments such as that of Mr. Opoku threatens the peace that exists between\u00a0Christians and Muslims saying,\u00a0&#8220;We have been in his region for a long time. 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