The Abuakwa South Communication Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Eastern region has been beaten by a gang of thugs while attending a funeral of his grandmother at Kyebi on Saturday September 28.
The victim Aikins Ofori was instead arrested and put behind bars by the Kyebi Police when he attempted to lodge complaints of the incident. According to the Police, he was already wanted for allegedly insulting the Okyenhene on social media July this year.
Aikens has been a thorn in the flesh of some elements of the ruling New Patriotic Party and the Okyenhene Palace over incessant wild allegations in statements he issues on Social media and sometimes traditional media.
Meanwhile, the Eastern Regional secretariat of the NDC in a statement issued Sunday has condemned the attack and called on the Police to handle the matter professionally and arrest the perpetrators within 48 hours.
Bellow is the statement issued
Eastern Region NDC Condemns Attack on Abuakwa South Communications Officer.
The attention of the eastern regional communication bureau has been drawn to barbaric attacks by some hoodlums on the Abuakwa south constituency communication officer of the National Democratic Congress, Aikins Ofori, and we want to register our revulsion on same.
In the early hours of Saturday, 28th September, 2019, the constituency communications officer, whilst at his grandmother’s funeral at Kyebi, was apprehended and beaten to a pulp by some hoodlums without provocation. As a law abiding citizen, he went to the office of the district police command to lodge a complaint for the hoodlums to be dealt with according to the laws of the nation.
Upon his arrival, the police ceased him and was put behind bars, with the reason that he had been reported somewhere in July this year, for once insulting the Akyem Abuakwahene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, on a WhatsApp platform, a false allegation orchestrated to rationalise such obvious political violence.
All efforts to secure him a bail proved futile until it took the intervention of the Abuakwa south NDC constituency chairman, Alhaji Sanusi, to get him released.
The police per our constitution are supposed to protect lives and properties and not to unlawfully detain victims of political violence, and rather protect the perpetrators. On the bases of the above, we are demanding the following from the Abuakwa South District police command;
That they act swiftly on the case and get the perpetrators arrested and prosecuted within 48 hours
That they commit to professional and fair policing to prevent others from taking the laws into their own hands.
That they quickly discharge the Communications Officer and stop feeding on orchestrated petty rumours from Social media platforms.
Comrade Darlas Williams
Regional Communications Officer
Source: kasapafmonline.com
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PROFESSIONAL LIARS, NDC. GHANA'S ONLY PROBLEM IS NDC.
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I FEAR FOR THE FUTURE OF GHANA. IS GHANA A DEMOCRATIC STATE OR TRADITIONAL RULE? THE EXAMPLE OUR POLICE IS SETTING IS VERY DANGEROUS. OUR CHIEFS SHOULD VERY CAREFUL THE WAY ALLOWING THEIR BIAS TO SHOW IN OUR DAILY POLITICS.IF THE POLICE ALLOWS THIS THINGS TO GO ON THEN A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE SEVERELY BEATEN.
OH OUR INCOMPETENT GHANA POLICE. IF SOMEBODY INSULT ANOTHER ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS IT A CRIME. PLEASE OPEN YOUR RADIO AND LISTEN TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INSULTING THE PRESIDENT, RIGHT FROM RAWLINGS, KUFUOR, ATTA MILLS, MAHAMA AND NOW AKUFU ADDO. AS PROFESSIONAL YOU DO NOT FALL LOW LIKE THIS. IS THE NPP WHO ARE IN POWER SO YOU ARE JUSTIFIED. PLEASE DO NOT SHOW YOUR BIAS HERE. WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO DO YOU LEAVE IT OUT AND DO ANOTHER THING
THE OKYENHENE AND THE TRADITIONAL COUNCIL MUST DESIST FROM THESE ***barred word*** THINGS THEY ARE DOING BECAUSE THEIR SON IS THE PRESIDENT. THEIR SON IS NOT THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF GHANA AND NO TRADITIONAL AREAS OF ANY OF THE FORMER PRESIDENTS HAS EVER BEHAVED THE WAY THEY ARE DOING. THIS IS VERY REGRETTABLE AND MUST BE CONDEMNED BY ALL WELL MEANING AND PEACE LOVING GHANAIANS. THEY ARE STEPPING GROUNDS AND IF CARE IS NOT TAKEN THE YOUTH IN OTHER AREAS WILL ALSO TAKE THE LAW INTO THEIR OWN HANDS AND MAKE SURE NPP OR THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT STEP THERE. THEY SHOULD KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS COMMEDIES. IN OTHERS AREAS THE WORST CAN HAPPEN.
Hahahahahaha ndc and titles from Hon. to comrades, hahahahaha! do these people know what they want? monim Akyemfuo papa, thank God ndc is enjoying and roaming around in Asanteman, Okyeman will never tolerate that nonse*nse did the other party ask ndc to insult Overlords? woano ba aa na wonsa nso aba! ndc ain't seen nothing yet!They are on their land and it seem the guy is from Kyebi the seat of Akyem Abuakwa and as an indigene should have known better. Which of the ndc members from the North or Volta will insult their chief? so why would that foo00*00l be so disrespect to insult Okyenhene? next time they should finish anyone who had insulted Okyenhene and and walk in Okyeman mu with impunity. You did well whoever assaulted that guy to teach that traitor sense.