{"id":428258,"date":"2017-10-13T08:43:02","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T08:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/13\/yamoah-ponkoh-needs-mental-examination-sam-pyne\/"},"modified":"2017-10-13T08:43:02","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T08:43:02","slug":"yamoah-ponkoh-needs-mental-examination-sam-pyne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/13\/yamoah-ponkoh-needs-mental-examination-sam-pyne\/","title":{"rendered":"Yamoah Ponkoh needs &#8216;mental examination&#8217; \u2013 Sam Pyne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/ghana-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/download-2-12.jpg\" data-caption=\"Yamoah Ponkoh\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"175\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/xdownload-2-12.jpg.pagespeed.ic.E1XHX-pm_y.jpg\" alt=\"Yamoah Ponkoh\" title=\"download (2)\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yamoah Ponkoh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Ashanti Regional Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has launched a vitriolic attack on a leading member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh for bringing the name of Asante Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II into disrepute.<\/p>\n<p>According to Samuel Pyne, the NDC man needs \u201cmental checkup\u201d linking to the ruling party to the disgraceful money-laundering claims against the monarch after \u00a3350,000 was physically transferred into a UK account.<\/p>\n<p>The UK\u2019s Telegraph and Daily Mail reported the revelations in an ongoing tribunal after the bank official, Mark Frank Arthur, who carried the money in a taxi to deposit at the Ghana Commercial Bank in London was fired for flouting anti-money laundering regulations.<\/p>\n<p>In Ghana, the subject has triggered reactions somewhat subdued in certain quarters where the king is held in high esteem.<\/p>\n<p>But there has been no official reaction from the Manhyia Palace but Herbert Mensah who has an enduring friendship with the king has explained there is \u201cnothing peculiar\u201d to the story.<\/p>\n<p>However, Yamoah Ponkoh is quoted to have said on Kumasi-based radio station that some members of the NPP bent on destroying Otumfuo are behind the money-laundering claims.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/ghana-news\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load\/images\/1x1.trans.gif.pagespeed.ce.2JdGiI2i2V.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/images-2-300x158.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-429851\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-429851\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ximages-2-300x158.jpg.pagespeed.ic.3B59PJEzTj.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\"  \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In a riposte, Sam Pyne on Adom FM\u2019s morning show, Dwaso Nsem Friday, expressed disgust at the conduct of the NDC man.<\/p>\n<p>He said as a leading member of the NDC seeking to be a Regional Chairman, Yamoah Ponkoh should have known better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would you link NPP to such an unfortunate story if you are a responsible politician?. I think Yamoah Ponkoh needs mental check up. This is very bad\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Vouching for the personal integrity of the Asante monarch, the NPP Ashanti Regional scribe said the allegation is not \u201cworth us thinking about it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He indicated that, Otumfuo who is not on a salary often receives gifts from subjects and admirers alike thus the money-laundering allegation \u201cshould be thrown into the dustbin\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yamoah Ponkoh The Ashanti Regional Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has launched a vitriolic attack on a leading member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh for bringing the name of Asante Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II into disrepute. According to Samuel Pyne, the NDC man needs \u201cmental checkup\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yamoah Ponkoh needs &#039;mental examination&#039; \u2013 Sam Pyne - 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\/2017\/10\/13\/yamoah-ponkoh-needs-mental-examination-sam-pyne\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Yamoah Ponkoh needs &#039;mental examination&#039; \u2013 Sam Pyne - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Yamoah Ponkoh The Ashanti Regional Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has launched a vitriolic attack on a leading member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh for bringing the name of Asante Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II into disrepute. 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