The Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Koku Anyidoho has been granted bail after spending two nights at the cells of the Bureau of National Investigation.
He was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department during an organised press conference in Accra on Tuesday for making comments which the police say could be pass for treason.
Koku Anyidoho had in a radio interview suggested that President Akufo-Addo could be ousted through coup just as it happened to his father in 1972.
“Somebody should tell Nana Akufo- Addo, [massa], history has a very interesting way of repeating itself, on the 13th of January 1972, a certain Colonel Ignatius Kuntu Achampong led an insurrection that removed the progress party from power, Busia was the prime minister, Akufo-Addo’s father was the ceremonial president. Somebody should tell Nana Akufo-Addo that history has an interesting way of repeating itself, ” he told an Accra-based Happy FM on Monday.
He was subsequently picked up and detained a day after the utterance leading to anarchy at the precincts of the National Police Headquarters in Accra where police fired teargas, rubber bullets and sprayed hot water to disperse the crowd.
Some protesters as well as journalists were injured by what many described as police high-handedness in handling the situation, an action condemned by former presidents Mahama and Rawlings.
Meanwhile, the police says it will follow due process in handling the case involving the NDC firebrand after charging him for causing alarm and fear and treason felony.
An Accra High Court has since granted permission for his electronic gadgets including laptops, iphones and ipads believed to be storage of information related to treason in the premises of Koku Anyidoho and his agents to be seized to aid police investigation.
Some family members including Kofi Anyidoho, a professor of literature, some leadership of the NDC and his lawyers were at BNI’s office Thursday afternoon to secure his release.
Though he has been granted bail, he was still at detention as of 12 noon as his father and lawyer run around clock to meet his bail requirements.
The sureties to be justice were not known at the time of this publication.
Source: 3news.com
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I wish this bu.f.foon will celebrate Easter in BNI cells... You see your smoothness level? You guys killed Prof Atta Mills so when you talk of coup we have to take it serious... Next time think before you open your mouth. WE all know the history of the NDC is a cr!m!nal revolution gang. we will never allow you guys to destroy our country. If you dont like the agreement just wait in opposition if you ever come back to power you have a choice to cancel it....
MAN PASS MAN. TALK LIKE YOU WERE TRAINED BY YOUR PARENTS.
So why are fellow Ghanaians begging America to set up a military base in Ghana? I don't understand.
YAYIWAWA, YAYIWAWA, SAGIMANGA YAYIWAWA KUKOROSIII, YAYIWAWAA-AAAH, YAYIWAWA,KUKOROSI1! YAYIWAWA, YAYIWAWA. BATURE YAYIWAWA KUKOROSIII, YAYIWAWAAA-AAH, YAYIWAWA KUKOROSI. BENKOTO, BENSORE, BEN KO DI GONGRESE! A DEE NO TUM, TUM, TUM YE FASO YO,YO,YO, YE KO KUMASI JOOO, YE KO DI CONGRESE. WAAOO, ANYIDOHO ON THE MATCH
NPP AND AKUFO ADDO ARE COMPLETELY CONFUSED! NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO. GOD HAVE MERCY! RENAMING FLAG STAFF HOUSE IS NOT THE SOLUTION, JUST WITHDRAW THE USA MILLITARY AGREEMENT
Better stand for the truth and be jailed than to fall for $20 million and betray your country in a secret deal.
So;you think this Togolese love the country more than we the true sons of Ghana? Come again..the guy simply hate akans and the npp..
IF YOU WISH TO DESTROY NANA ADDO YOU WILL DESTROY YOURSELF. I CAN SEE THAT YOU ***barred word*** IN YOUR UNDERWEAR WITHOUT WASHING IT AND YOU STINK. YOUR BIG BELLY FULL OF WIND HAS REDUCE DRASTICALLY I D I O T.
We glorify buffoons too much in this country. Look at his stomach n he speaks ad if the country belongs to him. ***barred word*** like him
***barred word*** ***barred word*** GO AND SEEN NO MORE, ANYWAY IT'S NOT OVER