{"id":596345,"date":"2019-03-05T16:38:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T16:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<!-- \/1002554\/MJO_Announcement_250X340 -->\n<!-- <div id='div-gpt-ad-1550929497923-0' style='float:right;z-index: 996;height:340px; width:250px;'>\n\n<\/div> -->\n<!-- 8th March (2wks) -->\n<div style=\"float:right;z-index: 996;height:340px; width:250p"},"modified":"2019-03-05T16:38:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T16:38:03","slug":"ndc-national-chairman-charged-over-leaked-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/05\/ndc-national-chairman-charged-over-leaked-tape\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC National Chairman charged over leaked tape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<!-- \/1002554\/MJO_Announcement_250X340 --><br \/>\n<!-- \n\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1550929497923-0' style='float:right;z-index: 996;height:340px; width:250px;'>\n\n<\/div>\n\n --><br \/>\n<!-- 8th March (2wks) --><\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;z-index: 996;height:340px; width:250px;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/glauc-new.jpg\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1830378809\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p>National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has formally been slapped with four charges over an explosive audio recording which leaked last week.<\/p>\n<p>He has now been formally placed under arrest and is facing charges of threat of harm, conspiracy to commit harm, rioting and assaulting a public officer.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid-1 --><\/p>\n<p>Mr Ofosu Ampofo categorically denies all the charges,\u00a0Joy News\u2019 Kwesi Parker Wilson reported from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Headquarters Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the reporter, Mr. Ofosu Ampofo\u00a0categorically stated that the audio is doctored.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid-2 --><\/p>\n<p>He has since\u00a0been granted bail \u00a2400,000 with two sureties and is to report back to the CID headquarters on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ofosu Ampofo charged\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/7152211021166_3060433472144.jpg\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"499412836\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>NDC Executives accompanied Ofosu Ampofo to the CID headquarters<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Excuses<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ofosu Ampofo after failing to honour two previous invitations to appear before the CID due to &#8220;bereavement&#8221;, finally availed himself in the company of leading party members.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a voice that sounds like the NDC National Chairman, he is heard talking about several issues, including attacks on the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission and the Chairman of the Peace Council, Most Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante.<\/p>\n<p>The CID issued a press statement last Wednesday explaining that they had invited the NDC Chair\u00a0to assist the police with investigations, but his lawyers said their client did not receive any official invitation until late afternoon last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p><b>Read also:\u00a0NDC leaked tape: Police seek warrant to arrest Ofosu Ampofo<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Samuel Ofosu Ampofo CID HQ\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/1592362626610_6467224685785.jpg\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"333801323\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The party executives joined their chairman to the CID office in solidarity while their\u00a0supporters\u00a0massed up at the entrance to the CID headquarters demanding his release.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p>The supporters\u00a0had accused the police of a\u00a0deliberate attempt to frustrate their chairman who had endured over five hours of interrogation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ofosu Ampofo CID\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/781190911670_854308724817.jpg\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1595600373\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.10&appId=1559506714349564\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\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>National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has formally been slapped with four charges over an explosive audio recording which leaked last week. He has now been formally placed under arrest and is facing charges of threat of harm, conspiracy to commit harm, rioting and assaulting a public officer. Mr Ofosu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":596346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-596345","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 National Chairman charged over leaked tape - 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\/03\/05\/ndc-national-chairman-charged-over-leaked-tape\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"NDC National Chairman charged over leaked tape - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has formally been slapped with four charges over an explosive audio recording which leaked last week. 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