{"id":442888,"date":"2017-12-01T22:10:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T22:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/01\/ill-stage-a-coup-if-akufo-addo-attempts-to-legalize-homosexuality-osei-kofi-acquah\/"},"modified":"2017-12-01T22:10:51","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T22:10:51","slug":"ill-stage-a-coup-if-akufo-addo-attempts-to-legalize-homosexuality-osei-kofi-acquah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/01\/ill-stage-a-coup-if-akufo-addo-attempts-to-legalize-homosexuality-osei-kofi-acquah\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ll stage a coup if Akufo-Addo attempts to legalize homosexuality \u2013 Osei Kofi Acquah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Politics of Friday,  1 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-01<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/98268883.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kofi Acquah\" title=\"Kofi Acquah\" width=\"295\" height=\"198\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Osei Kofi Acquah, CPP Ashanti Regional Communication Director<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512166251_694_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ashanti Regional Communication Director of the Convention People\u2019s Party (CPP), Mr. Osei Kofi Acquah has threatened to remove President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo from office through a coup d\u2019etat if he legalizes homosexuality in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will stage coup d\u2019etat against this government should they initiate any move to legalize homosexuality in Ghana\u201d, he revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d It is barbaric and horrible to legalize homosexuality. I will use all forms of moves to remove President Akufo-Addo if he dares make homosexuality legal\u201d, he spoke on Kumasi-based Nhyira FM\u2019s morning show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will storm the Presidency with sticks and stones to attack the President if he dares\u201d, the outspoken Communication Director told host Kofi Asante Ennin, host on  Nhyira FM.<\/p>\n<p>Pressure is mounting on President Akufo-Addo following an indication given the country\u2019s position on homosexuality act could change if there is strong advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>General Secretary of Christian Council, Rev Dr Kwabena Opuni Frimpong fears that if pressure is piled on government by advocates of homosexuality, it may cause a change in the law and the legalisation of homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Aljazeera\u2019s Jane Dutton the President Akufo-Addo said the country\u2019s culture and tradition for now does not allow the legalisation of homosexuality but was quick to add that if public opinion changes, the law may just be amended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a social, cultural issue, I don\u2019t believe that in Ghana so far, a sufficiently strong coalition has emerged which is having that impact on public opinion that will say \u2018change it, let\u2019s now have a new paradigm in Ghana.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FGhanaHomePage%2Fvideos%2F1713426722068052%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 39 updated by: 39 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/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>Politics of Friday, 1 December 2017 Source: mynewsgh.com 2017-12-01 Osei Kofi Acquah, CPP Ashanti Regional Communication Director Ashanti Regional Communication Director of the Convention People\u2019s Party (CPP), Mr. Osei Kofi Acquah has threatened to remove President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo from office through a coup d\u2019etat if he legalizes homosexuality in the country. \u201cI will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":442889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-442888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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