{"id":211280,"date":"2016-05-04T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T06:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=211280"},"modified":"2016-05-04T06:00:30","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T06:00:30","slug":"we-didnt-send-mob-to-demand-wontumis-release-npp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/05\/we-didnt-send-mob-to-demand-wontumis-release-npp\/","title":{"rendered":"We didn’t send mob to demand Wontumi’s release – NPP"},"content":{"rendered":"

The leadership of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region, has said the crowd that\u00a0stormed the police c<\/a>ommand<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0requesting\u00a0the release of its Regional \u00a0Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, was not acting under the orders of the party.<\/p>\n

The agitated crowd, claiming to be supporters of the NPP, also accused President John Mahama of orchestrating the arrest of Chairman Wontumi, \u00a0a claim the NPP has disassociated itself from.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”651A6k5qbWbJvRWmcsGgAbEIJetTelB4″]The police have already indicated Chairman Wontumi was detained following allegations of assault<\/a><\/strong><\/span> leveled against him by the NPP Member of Parliament for Manhyia North, Collins Amankwah.<\/p>\n

According to angry crowd, the arrest has been orchestrated to deliberately divert the party\u2019s attention from the ongoing limited voters\u2019 registration exercise.<\/p>\n

The Deputy Secretary of the NPP in the Ashanti Region, Kwame Adom Appiah, has however denied \u00a0claims that the obstruction at\u00a0the police station was planned by the NPP.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Eyewitness News<\/strong>, he said, \u201cit was just about 30 minutes ago that people heard that the chairman had been detained and it was an instantaneous response. It\u2019s not that somebody has invited them to be there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Appiah added that the crowd only became agitated when they realised there was a possibility Chairman Wontumi would spend the night behind bars.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was when things turned out that probably he may not go home today that people instantaneously, on their own, came there. It\u2019s not that somebody invited them there.\u201d<\/p>\n

On claims that President Mahama orchestrated the arrest of the Regional Chairman, Mr. Appiah simply said, \u201ceverybody \u00a0is entitled to his opinion… when you put one or two together, you are entitled to form your opinion but as to whether that opinion is right or wrong, I cannot judge.\u201d<\/p>\n

He however indicated that the party leadership was trying to calm the tensions and gave assurances they will be cooperating with the police.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are trying to let them know that we are a law abiding party and we will cooperate with police inasmuch as they are also applying the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The leadership of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region, has said the crowd that\u00a0stormed the police command\u00a0requesting\u00a0the release of its Regional \u00a0Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, was not acting under the orders of the party. The agitated crowd, claiming to be supporters of the NPP, also accused […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":211257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[58,10,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nWe didn't send mob to demand Wontumi's release - NPP - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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