A team of police investigators are leading the chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo to his residence in Accra to pick up his mobile phone.
Interrogators demanded for his mobile phone as part of evidence gathering in the ongoing investigations into a leaked audiotape he is said to have allegedly threatened insecurity in the country.
Mr Ofosu-Ampofo was on Monday arrested and given what his lawyers say are “probable charges of conspiracy to cause harm, threatening harm, rioting and assaulting public officer after he reported himself to the Police CID for a marathon interrogation.
He has since this evening granted a 400,000-cedi police bail with two sureties, and is to report again at the Police CID on Thursday March 7 for further questioning.
Mr Ofosu-Ampofo told interrogators the tape, which has since last week Wednesday gone viral, has been doctored hence declined to answer questions on it.
A 31-minute version of the said audiotape was played to Mr Ofosu-Ampofo after which he was asked if that was his voice on the tape, but declined to answer, a member of legal team Abraham Amaliba told TV3 on News360. “I do not want to want to comment on this tape, it is doctored,” Abraham Amaliba quoted Ofosu-Ampofo as having said.
The investigators, according to Amaliba, demanded for Mr Ofosu-Ampofo’s mobile phone but the suspect told them it was not with him at the time.
Ofosu-Ampofo was said to have explained to the investigators that he did not carry his phone to the police CID headquarters knowing he was not going to be allowed to receive or make calls while being interrogated.
Amaliba said as lawyers, they advised Ofosu-Ampofo to surrender the phone for which reason it was agreed with the investigators to follow him to his home for the mobile phone to be picked up for the investigation.
An audiotape said to have been recorded at a meeting of NDC communicators leaked last Wednesday with a voice purported to be that of Mr Ofosu-Ampofo encouraging the party executives to unleash attack on the EC chair, President Akufo-Addo and the chairman of the National Peace Council.
The party issued a statement Thursday state the said audiotape was doctored and accused the government and national security operatives of bugging the party’s headquarters.
The Police CID consequently invited Ofosu-Ampofo for questioning claiming the alleged comments has security implications. The party chair however failed to honour the invitation on Friday claiming he did not receive any formal communication from the Police.
Reports emerged at the weekend that the Police was working to secure a warrant for the arrest of Ofosu-Ampofo but the before that could be done, he reported himself Monday. For 10 hours, Mr Ofosu-Ampofo and his legal team were camped at the Police CID headquarters. Officials of the Police CID were initially said to have engaged in feet-dragging as they gave excuses to delay the interrogation.
NDC supporters who suspected what they claimed to be a deliberate ploy to detain their party chair, started gathering at the Police CID headquarters to push for his release.
By 5:00pm Monday, hundreds of supporters had thronged the place with a lot more still arriving, but the Police were on high alert to quell any untoward act by the crowd.
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Source: 3news.com
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IF AN ELDER OF THIS GREAT CHURCH LIKE PENTECOST WILL DENY THAT THE VOICE IS NOT HIS THEN GOD HELP GHANA. IF THE VOICE IS DOCTORED WHEN HE GET TO THE COURTS HE WILL TELL GHANAIANS WHERE THE DOCTORED VOICE IS ON THE TAPE. HE THINK HE IS SMARTER THAN THE CID. HE WILL GO TO COURT TO DISGRACE HIMSELF THERE WHEN HIS SO CALL LAWYERS WILL REGRET DEFENDING HIM.FOLLOW JOHN MAHAMA AND YOUR DISGRACE WILL HIT YOUR FACE IOO TIMES.JOHN MAHAMA HAS ALREADY ACCEPTED THE VOICE IS YOUR ONLY YOU DID NOT MEAN TO INSULT THE CLEGY.
@WILLIAM PLEASE SEND YOUR PARENTS AND SIBLINDS TO THAT SATANIC ENSLAVEMENT AND LEAVE US ALONE IN THIS PLATFORM...
Show us the true tape then. So simple.
The CID must take everything necessary to help in the investigation and eventual imprisonment of this bas-tard called Ofosu Ampofo to knock some sense into the empty barrelled heads of the NDC people that nobody is above the law. My request to our government is to meticulously protect our leaders to prevent the repeat of the murder of our three dignified judges and the army officer. NDC will never stop at nothing to disrupt the progress made in our democracy. GOD IS IN CONTROL.
AN INVITATION TO SUMMON OFOSU AMPOFO WAS SENT TO HIS HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY. HE CALLED TO ASK HIS ATTENDANTS NOT TO TAKE IT. THE LETTER WAS SENT TO NDC HDQ. NOBODY WAS READY TO TAKE IT. THE LETTER WAS SCANNED AND SENT TO HIS WWHATSAPPEE. HE SENT HIS LAWYERS ON THURSDAY TO CID. HE STARTED GIVING EXCUSES OF ATTENDING FUNERALS. HE END UP IN MAHAMA VICTORY MATCH ON SATURDAY ANS THANKSGIVING SERVICE ON SUNDAY. HE LIEDDD IN PUBLIC THAT HE WAS FIRST INVITED BY WHATSAPPEE WITHOUT MENTIONING THE EFFORT TO REACH HIM AND HIS MANEUVER TO AVOID THE CID INVITATION. OFOSU AMPOFO HONOURED THE INVITATION ON HIS OWN CHOICE OF TIME AFTER 5 DAYS ACCOMPANIED BY A BUNCH OF NDC GURUS. THEY EXPECTED, BY THEIR DICTATE, EVERY BUSINESS AT CID TO CEASE FOR EVERY ATTENTION DIRECTED TO THEM. WHEN FORMALITIES COULD NOT BE COMPLETED IN 3 HOURS, NDC DECIDED TO UNLEASH THEIR USUAL NOISEESSS TO DISTURBBB PUBLIC PEACE. WHAT TYPE OF ANIIMALLL IS IN THE SOUL OF NDC THAT THEY CANNOT THINKKK STRAIGHT TO JUDGE RIGHT? I ASK A FRIEND WHICH OF THE TWO PICTURES IS TRUE OF NDC: THAT ONE BECOMES EVILLL IN JOINING NDC OR EVILLLL PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO NDC. HIS ANSWER WAS BOTH. THEY ARE ALWAYS PULLING THE NATION BACKWARDS. GOD SAVE GHANA FROM THIS TWISTED MINDS, FOR THE BATTLE IS THE LORD.
OFOSU AMPOFO, PENTECOST ELDER, SPEAK THE TRUTH, FOR THE BIBLE SAYS THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE. EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY INCLUDING KWAKU BOAHEN, ALOTTEY JACOBS, DELA COFFIE ALL THESE NDC DIE HARD SUPPORTERS KNOW THE VOICE IS YOUR VOICE. SO TELL THE TRUTH AND ASK FOR FORGIVENESS AND YOU CAN BE FORGIVEN, IF YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE USED BY MAHAMA, YOU WILL LIVE TO REGRET ONE DAY. FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR CHRISTIANITY, TELL THE TRUTH AND SHAME THE DEVIL IN NDC.
These are the people who want our votes to rule Ghana? They are even not disciplined themselves. NDC only want power to CREATE, LOOT & SHARE!
The onus of prove lies on the accused person. NDC should not waist our time. They should tell us why the tape is doctored.