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Sympathisers of the Director of Operations of Friends of Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings (FONKAR), Ernest Owusu Bempah, were yesterday disappointed when security operatives failed to arraign him before the Osu District Magistrate Court. Scores of sympathisers, mostly members of FONKAR, reporters and lawyers thronged the court premises before 9 a.m. with the expectation that Bempah would be arraigned before the court for publishing false news. Bempah was invited by officials of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 for questioning in connection with his claims that the First Lady, Mrs Ernestina Naadu Mills, had allegedly received $5 million from a businessman, Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome. News had trickled in earlier in the day that Bempah was likely to be arraigned and his sympathisers, therefore, decided to form groups and wait at the various courts for him. However, Bempah�s sympathisers left the court disappointed after the court clerk announced around 1:30 p.m. that the court had officially closed for the day. Some left the court premises immediately, looking visibly disappointed, while others hung around with the hope that Bempah might be brought there. Reporters and pockets of supporters who hung around, however, eventually gave up waiting after it became evident that Bempah would not be arraigned yesterday. Bempah�s lawyers told reporters they were yet to make contact with their client. They also expressed disappointment after waiting endlessly for the arrival of their client in court.