{"id":1138686,"date":"2022-06-30T21:57:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T21:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/30\/powerful-men-within-npp-write-press-statements-for-the-police-arise-ghana-organizer-alleges-politics\/"},"modified":"2022-06-30T21:57:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T21:57:51","slug":"powerful-men-within-npp-write-press-statements-for-the-police-arise-ghana-organizer-alleges-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/30\/powerful-men-within-npp-write-press-statements-for-the-police-arise-ghana-organizer-alleges-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPowerful Men\u201d Within NPP Write Press Statements For The Police \u2013 Arise Ghana Organizer Alleges | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A leading member of the pressure group, Arise Ghana, Listowell Nana Poku says the Ghana Police Service is being manipulated by some \u201cpowerful\u201d individuals within the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>He was emphatic on <strong>NEAT FM<\/strong>\u2019s morning show, <em>Ghana Montie<\/em> that, press statements from the police department are been drafted for the police for \u201cpolitical gains.\u201d<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><em>\u201cI can tell you for a fact that they (the police) don\u2019t write their statements, we know. It\u2019s from some unseen hands,<\/em>\u201d he claimed.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>When asked by the host Mac Jerry Osei Agyemang to disclose those \u201c<em>unseen hands<\/em>\u201d, Listowell Nana Poku named the president and some high-ranking NPP members.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201c<em>Gabby is a suspect, Akufo-Addo [the president] is also a suspect, Osafo Marfo is another suspect and Ofori-Atta [the finance minister] is also a suspect. These are the people looting from the public purse without any accountability,<\/em>\u201d he courageously claimed.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Listowell\u2019s wild allegation come after the police stated that organizers of the Arise Ghana demonstration will be arrested for their role in the incidents of Tuesday, June 28, 2022.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>According to the police in a statement, the leaders will be held responsible for the attacks and damage to public property after the protest turned chaotic at the Kwame Nkrumah interchange.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201c<em>The organisers of the demonstration will be arrested and put before court for the attacks and damage to public property, in line with the provisions of Section 3 of the Public Order Act, (Act 491),\u201d<\/em> part of the statement read.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Arise Ghana demonstration which was intended to protest against the rising economic hardship in Ghana was marred with a bloody clash.<\/p>\n<p>There was chaos as police fired teargas at protesters after they started pelting police with stones \u2013 hurting officers and damaging state properties. <\/p>\n<p>According to multiple reports, the chaos erupted over confusion on the route to use.<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: King Edward Ambrose Washman Addo\/peacefmonline.com\/ghana<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. 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