President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo should have been arrested by the police for allegedly engaging in drug use which the laws of the country frown on, a private legal practitioner and member of the NDC has suggested.
According to Lawyer Abraham Amaliba, Appiah Stadium only acted as a whistleblower when he alleged the President is a drug addict and must be treated as such and not the suspect.
“Appiah Stadium alleges the President takes ‘wee’ or smokes ‘wee’ it is not a case of he pointing at somebody who is breaking the law?”, Lawyer Abraham Amaliba quizzed.
“Wee smoking, possession and trading is an offence. So who should rather be handcuffed? …If somebody says you engage in this, if there is handcuffs to be put on somebody who should wear it”, he further quizzed
According to the member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the proper thing police could have done is to invite Appiah Stadium to assist them investigate the President for being on drugs allegedly.
“If you are inviting the person to assist you in investigations you do not put the person in handcuffs”, Lawyer Abraham Amaliba stated on the GHOne State of Affairs.
Meanwhile, New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmaker and legal practitioner, Alexander Afenyo Markin, has condemned the mode of arresting the suspect saying "when it comes to the matter of law, you cannot give it political colourization”.
“Forget about whatever circumstances, I do not think going to arrest the man in handcuffs is the right thing to do”, the Effutu lawmaker opined condemning politics of insults.
“Sometimes we politicians we are funny. …if it is not about us we behave as if it is normal then we begin to talk about our reputation”, Hon. Alexander Afenyo Markin stated.
Source: ghanaweb.com
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I refuse to accept that Amaliba is a qualified lawyer in this country. The way he reasons and argues leave much to be desired. If he has a law certificate, then he should go back to his law school to collect back his school fees. He was not taught anything law, by my estimation. He has been cheated.
After all the insult the statuesque is still the same, nothing has change
People like Amaliba are a disgrace to northerners. This is why some Akans do not respect the northerners. Because their educated people (fee education) talk like big fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuls
Following NDC has made this guy a total fuuuuuuuuuuuuuul.
time for sanity in our airwaves
Is this report by GHANAWEB accurate? I give lawyer Amaliba the opportunity to come out in the next 24 hours to defend himself or else....... If it is real and true, it is such incompetent comments that caused NDC the 2016 elections amongst others (corruption, arrogance, disrespect for the rule of law etc.).
the lawlessness from ndc is too much,the police should step up and work,invite all those who are making the allegations to prove.the talking is too much.how can people talk to the president like that.is getting too much
Point is NDC will never get the opportunity again to loot, steal and share state resources. Therefore the only alternative left is to insult our President who is too decent to stoop to their infantile cacophony of weeds. On the other hand, curious minds would want to know how a drug pusher can introduce such landmark policies to reduce poverty but those who claim to be saitns? could not even introduce common car tow levy. NDC will lose the opportunity to become the largest opposition party in Ghana come 2020.
Amaliba, go ahead and arrest him! You think governance is a joke? Leave the man to govern the country and stop your ***barred word*** noises. So this is the way you people have chosen to distract attention? I thought there were several important things you should be discussing and agitating about now instead of trivialities like this. Have you forgotten your party is in opposition and the idea of a flag-bearer is still uncertain? Go ahead and engage in niceties and you will smell your samia!
A suspect is a suspect. U can't tell police as to when and how he should be handcuffed.