{"id":469122,"date":"2011-07-27T17:49:58","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T17:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/27\/john-kumah%e2%80%99s-release-is-victory-for-democracy-sir-john\/"},"modified":"2011-07-27T17:49:58","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T17:49:58","slug":"john-kumahs-release-is-victory-for-democracy-sir-john-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/27\/john-kumahs-release-is-victory-for-democracy-sir-john-2\/","title":{"rendered":"John Kumah\u2019s release is victory for democracy-Sir John"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caption\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/71067300020x20220.jpg.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie is the General Secretary of the NPP\" title=\"Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie is the General Secretary of the NPP\" align=\"left\" \/>General Secretary of the NPP, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie popularly known as Sir John has described President Mills&#8217; order for the release of an NPP activist, John Kumah who allegedly implied the President was a homosexual as a victory for rule of law and democracy in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>President Mills, who is currently in the Volta region to assess the extent of damage caused by the recent floods in the region, ordered the police to release John Kumah, who is a member of the opposition New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) communication team.<\/p>\n<p>John Kumah was arrested Wednesday afternoon for allegedly labeling President Mills as gay citing an example of the President sharing one room with Mr. Ato Awhoi to buttress his point.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Asempa FM\u2019s current affairs talk show, Ekosii Sen on Wednesday, a Deputy Minister of Information, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said the president personally ordered the release of Mr John Kumah.<\/p>\n<p>He said the President did not authorize the arrest and had no idea who ordered it. He further noted that the President would like to clear the rumors about him being the complainant in the case.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr Ablakwa, the President is still bent on realizing his better Ghana agenda and therefore has no interest whatsoever in the case.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that Prof. Mills would like to make it clear that he has no interest in pursuing people who oppose his government or are his political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>The release notwithstanding, Sir John told Bobie Ansah, host of Ekosii Sen that the NPP will not be scared or gagged by the unlawful arrest of party members. He maintained that they will continue to be outspoken on issues affecting the nation as well as matters concerning the NDC government.<\/p>\n<p>Story: Abraham Lante Lamptey\/Asempa News\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> General Secretary of the NPP, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie popularly known as Sir John has described President Mills&#8217; order for the release of an NPP activist, John Kumah who allegedly implied the President was a homosexual as a victory for rule of law and democracy in Ghana. President Mills, who is currently in the Volta region to assess the extent of damage caused by the recent floods in the region, ordered the police to release John Kumah, who is a member of the opposition New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) communication team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-469122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>John Kumah\u2019s release is victory for democracy-Sir John - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/27\/john-kumahs-release-is-victory-for-democracy-sir-john-2\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"John Kumah\u2019s release is victory for democracy-Sir John - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"General Secretary of the NPP, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie popularly known as Sir John has described President Mills&#039; order for the release of an NPP activist, John Kumah who allegedly implied the President was a homosexual as a victory for rule of law and democracy in Ghana. 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