The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, has described an investigative piece which was aired on Thursday by Manasseh Azure Awuni, as an empty piece and a deceitful PR stunt, staged to keep his name alive.
Acoording to the NPP’s regional Chairman who is popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, the video by the Joy reporter lacked content and couldn’t be used as a yard stick to conclude that the NPP, has flouted the call by President Akufo-Addo for political parties to dissolve their militia group.
“The video which aired last night wasn’t a threat to our National Security. We all saw decent young boys and girls who were being advised by their leader to stay away from trouble. We heard the leader tell them not to do things which would land them in the hands of the Police.
"We saw them praying and clapping and you want us to believe they are a threat to our nation? Manasseh must not take us for a joke, this type of PR stunt to revive his career wouldn’t help. He must focus on doing the right thing and not generating news that are false,” he said.
Chairman Wontumi further called on the NDC not to rely on this “empty piece” by Manasseh Awuni to score cheap political points.
In his view, the NDC have thugs who have unregistered guns killing their own party members.
“If you see the video by Manasseh you see that the decent crowd were no where members of the Hawks who are given tramol and cocaine to kill their own members before their party, Chairman Ofosu-Ampofo.”
Within a short spate of time, there have been a conscious attempt by some journalists, to secretly film and throw light on activities they percieve to be dark acts of public servants.
Manasseh Azure Awuni, has come out with a recording that seeks to portray that the governing New Patriotic Party is training a militia group despite the President’s call to all political parties to dissolve such groups.
According to Manasseh, the militia group associated with the governing NPP is being trained at an important state facility classified as a security zone.
He further claimed that the group, De-Eye Group, has been meeting at the facility for close to two years.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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The journalist keep blowing issues out of proportion for the benefits they get in the quite. Charlie,how on earth can a group train over 5000 people as political militants. We are becoming jokers in this country. All we need is to deploy two policemen and two soilder at each polling station within the noted flash points and polling will be successful. Let's rather concentrate on developmental issues please.
Investigative journalism is when you sit in the comfort of your own office, cut and paste together file information, do a voice over and present it as an expose. Clap for Mannaseh! 👏👏👏
After a successful anniversary celebration in Tamale, I was expecting this especially when the President was receiving all the praises. But it's failed
Galamsey chairman ampa. Its an insult for the Ashinti region NPP will have such naive illiterate as their chairman
Did you go to the website before asking if I dropped my brain before typing? YOUR DAYS OF MILITIAS, COMMANDOS, ACDRs,THE MACHOMEN, AND THE NDC THUGS,WHO KILLED, MIAMED,HARASSED THE INNOCENT PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS FROM KUMIPREKO TO LET MY VOTE COUNT ARE STILL IN OUR MINDS.EVEN THE RED BARRET(SOME LADIES WITHIN 31st DECEMBER MOVEMENTS)WERE RECEIVING TRAINING IN SECURITY INSTALLATIONS IN BRONG AHAFO INCLUDING ACHIASE SHOOTING RANGE IN THE 80s EARLY 90s.
Guys watch out - some of these media personalities works for the opposition all the time. Perhaps that is where the money is. the newspaper review team on Joy AM show did not discuss the NDC chairman's alleged leaked tape. Even though the use of the public facility for private entity is wrong and should not have been allowed, I do not believe these guys are militia, if you know how the militias work in Ghana in the 80s. This could be a damage control or equalization by the journalist or could sheer coincidence the timing for the release of this video. Is journalism truly the 4th estate? They are all chasing private gains.
Please let's get serious here and take this ***barred word*** NPP/NDC thing out of the way and let common sense prevail. These young men commit crime week after week and have to call their 'commander' for their release when in a week non of them is arrested by the police then the 'commander' praises them. No doubt about the fact that these activities cannot be sustained. These young men are an obvious threat to society and please let common sense prevail.
Seriously politics and tribalism will destroy our beautiful country Ghana. Why can't the NPP admit their wrong-doing, apologise and stop these militia groups. The same with the NDC. I think when people are wrong, they should admit, apologise and stop the wrong doing. We live in a country where politics and tribalism have blinded almost everyone and have kept dividing us. How can we develop as a nation with this kind of attitude and mentality? When one political party/tribe does something wrong, instead of us speaking against it, NO. Their members with their dirty money and book-long attitude will try to defend the wrong-doing by hook or crook once it is from their own(party member or tribe). This is why I can't be a member of any political party. Wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it; and right is always right even if nobody does it. Let's call spade a spade. God, please save our beautiful country from people with evil minds who only think about their selfish interest. Aameen!
did you drop your brains before typing?
It's a pity you don't appreciate national issues. You are a joke of a chairman. A clear example of money over common sense. Mtcheeeeew!