{"id":414132,"date":"2018-03-28T18:29:23","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T18:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=414132"},"modified":"2018-03-28T20:21:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T20:21:29","slug":"mahama-visits-poses-for-pictures-with-arrested-anyidoho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/03\/mahama-visits-poses-for-pictures-with-arrested-anyidoho\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama visits, poses for pictures with ‘arrested’ Anyidoho"},"content":{"rendered":"
Embattled Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, appeared to be in high spirits when former President, John Mahama visited him at the Bureau of National Investigation’s headquarters.<\/p>\n
This was a day after Mr. Anyidoho was detained for making treasonable comments.<\/p>\n
Mr. Mahama was pictured with Anyidoho, along with Julius Debrah, who served as his Chief of Staff; the NDC General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia and former Attorney General, Betty Mould Iddrisu, at the BNI headquarters<\/p>\n
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It is unclear how Mr. Mahama was able to gain access to Mr. Anyidoho and got the opportunity to take pictures with him.<\/p>\n
Mr. Mahama’s recent comments on social media suggest that former President did not approve of the way Mr. Anyidoho was taken into custody by the police.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Wednesday, Mr. Mahama criticised the Police for what he described as their \u2018high-handed\u2019 responses to \u201cinnocent\u201d Ghanaians who massed up at the Police Headquarters on Tuesday night in solidarity with Koku Anyidoho.<\/p>\n
In a Facebook post, the former President chided the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and President Akufo-Addo for the manner in which Mr. Anyidoho was arrested and later charged with treason.<\/p>\n
He, however, did not make mention of the comments made by Mr. Anyidoho which have been widely condemned and considered treasonable.<\/p>\n
As a party that prides itself in the non-criminalization of speech, with a self-acclaimed human rights activist as President, the arrest of K. Anyidoho with armed men in the middle of a press event is obviously disproportionate. Moreso, the high-handed police response to innocent citizens waiting at the CID HQ is condemnable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Building the treason case<\/strong><\/p>\n
Police have since been given permission to\u00a0seize all electronic devices\u00a0belonging to\u00a0Mr. Anyidoho<\/p>\n
A warrant from the High Court, sighted by\u00a0Citi News, ordered that electronic gadgets including laptops, iPhone and iPads, believed to store information related to treason in the premises of Koku Anyidoho and his supposed agents, are to be seized to aid the police investigation.<\/p>\n