Odotobri MP goes berserk over “NPP” serial caller’s call on constituents to pray for a by-election… order his arrest.
Odotobri MP goes berserk over “NPP” serial caller’s call on constituents to pray for a by-election… order his arrest.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Odotobri Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Mr. Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi is reported to have ordered the arrest of a 40-year-old man identified as Joseph Amoah believe to be a member of New Patriotic Party (NPP) serial callers in the Ashanti Region.
Mr. Amoah called into a radio programme on Dompeace Radio Morning Show urging Odotobri constituents to pray for a by-election, believing that it would bring the much-needed development to the area.
Shortly after that, the Amansie Central District Police Command acting on the orders of the NPP MP, arrested him and later released him with instructions to report on a specific date.
Narrating his ordeal, Mr. Amoah popularly known as Bashy clarified that his intention was never to wish harm upon the MP.
“I never threaten to kill the Member of Parliament for Odotobri Constituency so I wonder why he (MP for Odotobri) told police to arrest me.”
“If by-elections will bring development to Odotobri Constituency, then I believe that Odotobri Constituency needs it because the lack of development in the constituency has affected the youth of the constituency.
After the police granted me bail, they said I should report myself on Tuesday because MP went to Accra immediately the police arrested me and he will come back on Tuesday,” he revealed.
Ebenezer Boakye, the Programs Manager for Dompeace Radio, on his part, emphasized that the allegation of threatening to kill the MP was false.
“I went to the police station when I heard the news and I was told that the MP Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi has accused Bashy of threatening to kill him on Dompeace Radio Morning Show to pave the way for a by-election which wasn’t true,” he said.
“I was ordered by the police to provide the audio of the comment made by Bashy so as a Programs Manager for Dompeace Radio, I have given the police the audio recording. Ambassador, I’m part of the Morning Show production team and we all know the ethics of journalism so my host will never allow someone to threaten the MP or anyone on live radio” he explained.
