{"id":585097,"date":"2019-01-12T12:12:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T12:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed satisfaction with the attack on the Odorkor Branch of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International Church of Reverend Isaac "},"modified":"2019-01-12T12:12:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T12:12:33","slug":"ndc-okays-attacks-on-owusu-bempahs-church-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/12\/ndc-okays-attacks-on-owusu-bempahs-church-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC Okays Attacks On Owusu Bempah\u2019s Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed satisfaction with the attack on the Odorkor Branch of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International Church of Reverend Isaac Owusu-Bempah.<\/p>\n<p>The angry youth besieged the premises<br \/>\nof the church in Accra and vandalized properties following a prophecy by Rev.<br \/>\nOwusu Bempah that the National Chief Imam of Ghana, Sheikh Nuhu Osmanu<br \/>\nSharubutu would die in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The cleric, who is known for his<br \/>\nannual prophecies, also prophesized during watch night service on December 31,<br \/>\n2018 that former presidents and a Vice President would need prayers.<\/p>\n<p>The pastor\u2019s prophecy on the eve of New Year<br \/>\nwas not taken kindly by some Muslim youth.<\/p>\n<p>The irate youth destroyed Rev.<br \/>\nOwusu Bempah\u2019s\u00a0billboard, glass louvers and<br \/>\nother items.<\/p>\n<p>There has been<br \/>\nmixed reaction to the attack on the church, with some condemning the act while<br \/>\nothers have sought to justify it on social media.<\/p>\n<p>A release<br \/>\njointly signed by Efo Worlanyo, Brong Ahafo Regional Youth Organizer of the NDC<br \/>\nand his two deputies, Kwaku Runnie and Owusu Ababio, stated that \u201cthe<br \/>\nBrong Ahafo Regional Youth Wing hereby congratulates the Muslim youth for their<br \/>\nshow of bravery on Owusu-Bempa\u2019s premises.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to<br \/>\nthe statement, \u201cWe are happy because the confident trickster called Owusu-Bempah<br \/>\nhas religiously terrorized this nation for a long time with his predictions<br \/>\nwhich he calls \u2018prophecy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The statement<br \/>\nindicated that Rev. Owusu-Bempah has over the years shown his hatred for former<br \/>\nPresident John Mahama, predicting his death several times.<\/p>\n<p>It said, \u201cToday,<br \/>\nhis so-called prophecy has gone bad for him, predicting death for our peace-loving<br \/>\nChief Imam and His Majesty the Asantehene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rev Owusu-Bempah,<br \/>\nthe youth said, has been profiting from his prophecy because the affected persons<br \/>\nusually run to him for solution and he names his price.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo wonder he<br \/>\ntargets the rich, celebrities, and politicians with names because he knows they<br \/>\nare rich and full of milk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arrest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a threat to National security and must be arrested immediately.<br \/>\u201cOur Muslim youth have done well and we wish to tell them that next time if it must be done, it must be done well. We know NPP Police will start hunting to shoot them but they dare not because the person who needs immediate arrest as a religious terrorist is Rev Owusu-Bempah,\u201dthe statement added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Melvin Tarlue<\/strong><\/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>Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed satisfaction with the attack on the Odorkor Branch of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International Church of Reverend Isaac Owusu-Bempah. The angry youth besieged the premises of the church in Accra and vandalized properties following a prophecy by Rev. Owusu Bempah that the National Chief [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":585098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-585097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NDC Okays Attacks On Owusu Bempah\u2019s Church - 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\/2019\/01\/12\/ndc-okays-attacks-on-owusu-bempahs-church-2\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"NDC Okays Attacks On Owusu Bempah\u2019s Church - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed satisfaction with the attack on the Odorkor Branch of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International Church of Reverend Isaac Owusu-Bempah. 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