{"id":86003,"date":"2015-01-27T08:32:28","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T08:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=86003"},"modified":"2015-01-27T16:07:42","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T16:07:42","slug":"kofi-boakye-liar-npp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/01\/kofi-boakye-liar-npp\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP didn’t want Kofi Boakye out"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former Deputy Minister of Interior under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration has rejected\u00a0claims by the Ashanti Regional Police Commander,<\/em> DCOP Kofi Boakye that he nearly lost his job as a Police officer when the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was in power.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”DcnZgn83dC9rsAHFqmqxkBcjKhDQU52n”]DCOP Kofi Boakye has alleged that his work schedule which got him working closely with former President John Rawlings nearly cost him his job because he was perceived to have had alliances with the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cNPP came to power and some of us were nearly sacked because there was that presumption that once I have traveled with the head of state before; because I traveled with Rawlings to Libya, once I was the lead Policeman whenever Rawlings is coming I am automatically NDC,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cImmediately NPP came to power I had to cease talking to him [Rawlings], completely,\u201d he\u00a0added.<\/p>\n

Responding to these accusations on Eyewitness News<\/strong>, Nana Obiri Boahen corrected the fact that DCOP Kofi Boakye\u2019s allegation was not the official position of the NPP led-administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think that what he said a couple of weeks ago is the official position of the NPP,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n

The former Deputy Minister admitted that, there were some elements who called for the dismissal of DCOP Boakye and not the NPP government as whole.<\/p>\n

He therefore argued that \u201cthere is vast difference between an official position of the NPP and individuals within the NPP who have expressed a different opinion about him.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the Ashanti Regional Police Commander contradicted himself by saying that one Francis Poku who is also a member of the NPP was the one who helped secure his job in the Police service.<\/p>\n

The former Deputy Interior Minister cautioned DCOP Boakye to be \u201cvery careful about these statements.\u201d<\/p>\n

He argued that it is unnecessary for him to \u201cmake brouhaha out of it because from Kofi Boakye\u2019s argument, another activist of the NPP saved him from that dismissal so why do we make a lot of noise about this?\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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