By
Patience Gbeze, GNA
Accra, Jan. 29, GNA
– The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Tuesday said it has credible
intelligence that the arrest of its leaders form a larger scheme of
intimidation and harassment calculated at breaking its front and cowing it into
silence in the run up of the 2020 elections.
It, however, stated
that if the intent of the intimidation and harassment was to frighten the party
into “keeping quiet over horrible governance”, then those behind were wrong in
their judgement.
Mr. Kakra Essamuah,
the National Director of Communications, was addressing a press conference in
Accra, to throw light on the arrest and release of Mr. Sammy Gyamfi, the
National Communications Officer by the police on Monday.
He described the
arrest as “harassment and intimidation” and said they would withstand and
deflect such attacks on its leaders and members.
“We more than
possess capacity to withstand and fend off such brazen attacks on our leaders
and members.”
The NDC, he said,
would be embarking on series of activities to press home their demand for
immediate cessation of the harassment and intimidation of its leading members
and “we will make public a roadmap in the coming days”.
Mr. Gyamfi was
arrested at the premises of a private radio station in Accra, after he had
appeared on a programme there.
He was sent to the
Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters and was later
cautioned on the offences of possession of forged document and publication of
false news with the intent to cause fear and alarm.
He has since been
granted bail to two sureties, to be reporting once every week at the CID
headquarters.
Mr. Essamuah said
the arrest was just to cover up the maladministration characterised by
corruption, nepotism, and economic hardships facing the people of Ghana.
He added that in
pursuit of their rights and that of all Ghanaians “we shall not tire, we shall
not rest, we shall not falter and we shall not relent”.
GNA