Lawyer for embattled Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has stated that securing a bail for his client delayed because the state wanted “prominent citizens” to act as sureties.
According to Victor Kojogah Adawudu, Mr. Anyidoho was granted bail after his father, Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Henry Kwame Anyidoho finalized the processes.
“I think that is what delayed the whole thing. We were negotiating to see the terms. Koku Anyidoho is not someone who can run away. The sureties, they wanted some prominent citizens who know that any day, any time they want Koku, Koku will make himself available. I believe we all know Koku’s father, the work he’s done for this nation. He stood surety,” Adawudu told the media at the NDC head office, Thursday.
Earlier, the legal brain indicated in an interview on Citi FM that he suspects the influence of some ‘external forces’ is responsible for the refusal to grant his client bail.
“The current position of the law is that every offense in this country is bailable… So when somebody comes and says that we don’t have instruction to bail, they have to give us reason. We felt that there might be some interference coming from somewhere,” Adawudu intimated.
The arrest
Mr. Anyidoho was picked up at the International Press centre on Tuesday for making comments deemed treasonable.
While commenting on the ratification of the controversial defence cooperation agreement between Ghana and the US, Anyidoho stated that President Akufo-Addo will be overthrown just like his father was in 1972.
“On January 13, 1972, a certain Col. Ignatius Kutu Acheampong led a movement that removed the Progress Party from power. Busia was the Prime Minister and Akufo-Addo’s father was a ceremonial president. Somebody should tell Nana Akufo-Addo that history has a very interesting way of repeating itself. There’ll be a civil revolt,” he said on Happy FM.
Anyidoho spent almost 48 hours in the custody of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) amidst protests and demands for his release by NDC members.
The Accra High Court ordered the Police CID to seize some essential electronic gadgets on which information related to the alleged treasonable comments made by Koku Anyidoho are said to be stored.
The items included laptops, iPhones and ipads. Justice Patience Mills-Tetteh gave the order on Wednesday following an ex-parte motion issued at the court by the Police. The order also permitted the police to search and seize electronic devices of ‘agents’ of Anyodoho.
Meanwhile, National Organiser of the NDC, Kofi Adams has indicated that the party will not relent on its efforts to give the government the opposition it deserves.
“We in the NDC will not stop speaking about the wrongs that this government and President Nana Akufo-Addo and his Vice President Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia are visiting on this country and continue to visit on the country.”
“Indeed were even more emboldened to continue to raise the wrongs and we are going to continue doing this. We will fight and speak against this occupation of foreign forces in our land. We will make sure the sovereignty of Ghana is protected,” he told the media.
Source: ghanaweb.com
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Ndcfuo, what is really wrong with them? Did you sign or you did not sign in 1998 and 2015? If you did and demonstrating thinking Ghanaians will fall for this go*shyness then you are real pigs (piigs) Look! Ghanaians are not as st*pid as you took them for and you will stay in Accra and demonstrate but nothing good will come out because the people trust this president and his government that they will never send them into harms way. You just listen to Kofi Bentil and stay in opposition till thy Kingdom come, ask him when was the last time he visited his hometown and what impact has he on them to listen to him ? If we talking of people whose constituents and folks listen to them not Kofi Bentil, that will Ken. Agyepong and they are all sending good signals to Ghanaians out there that ndc was talking of security and Americans are here to train our service men to be sophisticated in security and ndc are rejecting and don't rating against that, and Ghanaians have in mind every good thing is rejected by the ndc so this will not go anywhere. Your demonstration is making your party more and more unattractive because Ghanaians know ndc hate them and resist every good thing from papa Kuffuor's time, they resisted the NHIS,FREE MATERNAL CARE, FREE SCHOOL FEEDING and even the oil, ndc said it was palm kernel but of all these they benefited a lot from them ,they will account for every pesewa. Their demonstrations and press coferences will never deter or shake this government. There is nothing ndc can do to obstruct the building of this nation by the NPP government, if their actions become worst we will face them boot for boot while the government goes on with business. We can't allow idi*ts to misbehave in this country. None of ndc national executives is respectable and sensible and they think every Ghanaian is like them. 2020, we shall see how they will come back with their 4 regions and 1.3 million registered members when the Ghana card is issued. Diasporians are lying choookooo! For 2020 elections to vote and we will see how ndc will come back.
The constitution of the fourth republic of Ghana, like previous constitutions, asks each and every Ghanaian to defend the constitution at the peril of his or her life. The constitution which is above all laws in Ghana asks Ghanaians to stop coup d'états even if it means killing the traitors and no Ghanaian shall be arrested for doing just that.
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That is a sure sign that Koku is still immature and needs the help and control of his father to grow again. If he repeats the ***barred word*** remarks then he will see Nsawam forever. His position in the NDC as deputy secretary will no longer count in this case and going forward.