{"id":652477,"date":"2019-07-08T13:16:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T13:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"
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Emmanuel Britwum <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the two Modern Ghana reporters, Emmanuel\nBritwum, who denied an allegation of torture, has exposed the sessions of\n\u2018coaching\u2019 and encouragement to \u2018lie\u2019 about their brief period of "},"modified":"2019-07-08T13:16:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T13:16:36","slug":"cybercrime-drama-i-was-coached-to-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/08\/cybercrime-drama-i-was-coached-to-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybercrime Drama: I Was Coached To Lie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n

Emmanuel Britwum <\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the two Modern Ghana reporters, Emmanuel
\nBritwum, who denied an allegation of torture, has exposed the sessions of
\n\u2018coaching\u2019 and encouragement to \u2018lie\u2019 about their brief period of detention to
\nembarrass the National Security Council Secretariat\u00a0 and its operatives.<\/p>\n

Soon after the ill-fated \u2018torture story\u2019 pushed by \u00a0his colleague Emmanuel Ajarfor Abubakar
\nAbugri\u00a0 was downloaded onto the media
\nspace, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) issued a statement
\ndemanding that the National Security Minister, Kan Dapaah, should resign from
\nhis position.<\/p>\n

It is the latest in a series of developments to hit
\nthe decapitated \u2018torture story\u2019 and the clearest efforts some hidden forces put
\nin to push the \u2018torture\u2019 agenda.<\/p>\n

Emmanuel Britwum, who had earlier denied ever engaging
\nA-Partners@ Law as his lawyers, said he had learnt a lot about how people, as
\nhe put it, \u201ctry to take advantage of situations to champion their personal
\ninterests.\u201d<\/p>\n

Secret Video
\nAnd Audio<\/strong><\/p>\n

He expressed surprise about a secretly recorded audio and\u00a0\u00a0 video recordings showing him narrating how
\nhe was tortured and even shocked with electric tasers by National Security
\noperatives during their brief incarceration. <\/p>\n

He charged the unknown persons who secretly recorded
\nthe said video to muster courage and play the full tape for the public to know \u201cthe
\nbehind-the-scene plots, coaching and orchestrated fabrications I have decided
\nto stay away from although I know it would cost me my job.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said when the tape is played in full, viewers would
\nsee how a lawyer was pushing an agenda to influence him to change his official
\nstatement to the police to create an impression that he was assaulted, tortured
\nand shocked with tasers by National Security operatives.<\/p>\n

Media
\nAgenda<\/strong><\/p>\n

He said if the tape is not tampered with, it would
\nclearly show how he was coached to ensure that their statements don\u2019t differ in
\ncontent to make the \u2018torture story\u2019 appear credible. <\/p>\n

\u201cLet it show why I did not agree to go on Citi Morning
\nShow and the other media networks,\u201d he charged.<\/p>\n

Public
\nSympathy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Continuing, he said that an unedited video would also show
\nhow he was made to believe that he had to play along and win public sympathy
\notherwise he would be left to carry his own cross without a lawyer.<\/p>\n

Family
\nSolidarity <\/strong><\/p>\n

Emmanuel Britwum expressed gratitude to his family who,
\nafter narrating to them how he was asked to lie to attract support, told him he
\ndid not have to lie to get help and legal representation.<\/p>\n

Having finally secured a lawyer through his family,
\none whom he said was going to stick to the facts and not push him to sell his conscience;
\nthere was no need to be used to prosecute the agenda of others.<\/p>\n

He pointed out that if he had actually been tortured,
\nhe would have voiced it from the first day of his release, adding \u201cI would have
\nstated so in my official statement to the police.\u201d<\/p>\n

He took a subtle swipe at the delayed announcement of
\na torture when he said that \u201cI would not have waited for days for my boss to
\nbring some people to me in private and ask me to tell them something he and I
\nknow never happened to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Populist
\nDrama<\/strong><\/p>\n

He said he is fed up with what he said is populist
\ndrama and would not want to be part of it anymore. If his position would cost
\nhim his job so be it, he added.<\/p>\n

He is convinced the case can be won without
\nembellishing it with additions that would win public sympathy.<\/p>\n

He said the arrest, detention and charges did not make
\nsense to him completely and concluded that \u2018truth stands. It is just a matter
\nof time.\u2019<\/p>\n

Claims and Counter-claims <\/strong><\/p>\n

Emmanuel Britwum and A-Partners@ Law were engaged in
\nan exchange of claims and counter-claims.<\/p>\n

Whereas the law firm claims to have withdrawn its
\nservices for Emmanuel Britwum, the latter said he never engaged the firm anyway.\n<\/p>\n

Speaking through his lawyer, Debora Asabere Ameyaw, he
\nsaid \u201cit is a case I have never engaged any law firm or any individual from
\nthat firm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emmanuel Britwum, Emmanuel Abubakari Ajarfor Abugri and later Yaw Obeng Manu of Peace FM<\/em> were arrested over alleged incidents of hacking but the Attorney General\u2019s Department discontinued the case after their maiden appearance in court.<\/p>\n

By A.R. Gomda<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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