{"id":276384,"date":"2011-02-21T18:12:59","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T18:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=53116"},"modified":"2011-02-21T18:12:59","modified_gmt":"2011-02-21T18:12:59","slug":"i-didnt-insult-president-mills-npp-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/21\/i-didnt-insult-president-mills-npp-man\/","title":{"rendered":"I didn\u2019t insult President Mills &#8211; NPP man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-31461\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/11\/09\/obuasi-mp-to-slaughter-bury-kwaku-kwarteng\/npp\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31461\" title=\"npp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/npp.jpg\" alt=\"npp\" width=\"230\" height=\"345\" \/><\/a>A member of the Nana Akufo-Addo campaign team has denied allegations that he insulted President John Mills.<\/p>\n<p>Chris  Larbi Boateng has been questioned by police in the Western Region for  allegedly using insulting language at the president during a radio  discussion programme on the controversial \u201call-die-be-die\u201d comment by  the NPP flagbearer.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint was lodged with the police by  the NDC representatives on the show, culminating in police  investigations into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>But the NPP member said his  comments could not under any circumstances be described as an insult,  saying he only asked a rhetorical question which was predicated on a  reaction by the deputy Energy Minister, Inusah Fuseini.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the Minister in his reaction said the \u201call-die-be-die\u201d comments smacked of lunacy.<\/p>\n<p>Larbi  Boateng told Joy News\u2019 Sammy Darko in an interview that he only posed a  rhetorical question but did not insult the president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore  the panelist were asked to do their submissions, Hon Inusah Fuseini made  a statement to the effect that what Nana Addo had said bordered on  lunacy and so while I made my submission and was bringing my submission  to a conclusion, I asked a rhetorical question that for the information  of Inusah Fuseini, between the two personalities, which of them have had  his own people in recent times coming out to tell Ghanaians [his  actions] bordered on lunacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said except somebody can prove he has insulted the president, he has no regrets for the comments he made.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,  the police say they are still waiting for proof from the accusers of  Chris Boateng to commence serious investigations into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The  Western Regional Police Commander, DCOP Alhaji Hamidu Mahama said the  accused person was never arrested except that a statement was taken from  him.<\/p>\n<p>He said based on the gravity of the offence the police will  take the necessary action but said the police could not act on hearsays  without evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Story by Nathan Gadugah<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A member of the Nana Akufo-Addo campaign team has denied allegations that he insulted President John Mills. Chris Larbi Boateng has been questioned by police in the Western Region for allegedly using insulting language at the president during a radio discussion programme on the controversial \u201call-die-be-die\u201d comment by the NPP flagbearer. 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