{"id":618063,"date":"2019-05-12T19:12:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T19:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/05\/sydney-casely-hayford-1.jpg\" alt=\"Disregarding CID\u2019s invita"},"modified":"2019-05-12T19:12:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T19:12:24","slug":"disregarding-cids-invitation-lawless-casely-hayford-slams-ofosu-ampofo-ndc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/12\/disregarding-cids-invitation-lawless-casely-hayford-slams-ofosu-ampofo-ndc\/","title":{"rendered":"Disregarding CID&#8217;s invitation lawless &#8211; Casely-Hayford slams Ofosu Ampofo, NDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/sydney-casely-hayford-1.jpg\" alt=\"Disregarding CID\u2019s invitation lawless \u2013 Casely-Hayford slams Ofosu Ampofo, NDC\"\/><span class=\"featured-image-caption\"><br \/>\nSydney Casely-Hayford <\/span><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>OccupyGhana member Sydney Casely-Hayford says the National Democratic Congress is being lawless with its opposition to the\u00a0Criminal Investigations Department\u2019s (CID) invitation of its Chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <strong>The Big Issue<\/strong> he said: \u201cthe stand that the NDC has taken is lawless and crude and as far as I am concerned, this should have no place in the politics of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSo if Ofosu Ampofo decides to listen to his [NDC] family and not attend the invitation from the CID, it is entirely up to him. If it turns out to be a legal matter and the government has a case, then they have to face the rigours of the law,\u201d Mr. Casely Hayford added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr. Ofosu Ampofo was invited in connection with recent kidnapping and fire incidents.<\/p>\n<p>The Council of Elders of the NDC accused the government of using the country\u2019s police service to intimidate the party\u2019s National Chairman.<\/p>\n<p>Former President John Mahama also said the CID was setting a bad precedent with \u2018useless\u2019 allegations against Mr. Ofosu Ampofo.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w2icdWdr9Gw\" width=\"495\" height=\"363\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Also on the show, a lawyer, Nii Kpakpo Samoah Addo, said the CID was free to charge Mr. Ampofo with more crimes if it saw it fit.<\/p>\n<p>But it shouldn\u2019t be abusing its powers of investigation and arrest, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The NDC Chair has already been\u00a0<strong>charged with conspiracy<\/strong>\u00a0to cause harm and assault against a public officer.<\/p>\n<p>He was charged alongside a deputy National Communication Director of the NDC Kweku Boahen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have evidence that he is the one who is involved in these things, amend your charge sheet and add other charges to it\u2026 The power of arrest and the power to investigate comes with responsibility. You cannot be inviting [him] day in and day out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ofosu Ampofo\u2019s troubles started after he was heard on tape suggesting that plans were in place for acts that would cause fear and panic in the society.<\/p>\n<p>He also allegedly endorsed verbal assaults on the\u00a0Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, among others on the tape.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"\/>  <\/p>\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>Sydney Casely-Hayford OccupyGhana member Sydney Casely-Hayford says the National Democratic Congress is being lawless with its opposition to the\u00a0Criminal Investigations Department\u2019s (CID) invitation of its Chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo. Speaking on The Big Issue he said: \u201cthe stand that the NDC has taken is lawless and crude and as far as I am concerned, this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":618064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-618063","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>Disregarding CID&#039;s invitation lawless - Casely-Hayford slams Ofosu Ampofo, NDC - 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\/05\/12\/disregarding-cids-invitation-lawless-casely-hayford-slams-ofosu-ampofo-ndc\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Disregarding CID&#039;s invitation lawless - Casely-Hayford slams Ofosu Ampofo, NDC - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Sydney Casely-Hayford OccupyGhana member Sydney Casely-Hayford says the National Democratic Congress is being lawless with its opposition to the\u00a0Criminal Investigations Department\u2019s (CID) invitation of its Chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo. 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