{"id":754369,"date":"2022-01-17T16:48:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T16:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/17\/i-wasnt-provided-any-military-protection-prof-mike-oquaye\/"},"modified":"2022-01-17T16:48:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T16:48:07","slug":"i-wasnt-provided-any-military-protection-prof-mike-oquaye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/17\/i-wasnt-provided-any-military-protection-prof-mike-oquaye\/","title":{"rendered":"I wasn\u2019t provided any military protection \u2013 Prof Mike Oquaye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"482\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/059A0727-696x482.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Prof. Aaron Mike Ocquaye\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>A former Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Michael Oquaye, has refuted claims that he was given military protection while serving as Speaker of the seventh Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>In a signed statement issued on Monday, Prof Oquaye described the news as a \u201cpalpable\u201d falsehood and should be disregarded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was never offered military protection, nor did I request for any. Indeed, I had only three policemen to move with me and provide security at all material times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis information can be easily verified by anyone who cares for the truth at the office of the Clerk-to-Parliament at any given time,\u201d his statement read.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>His disclaimer comes amidst the rift over the withdrawal of military attachment to the office of the incumbent Speaker of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>A leaked document from the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) directed the withdrawal of some four soldiers from the office of the Speaker because they were assigned there \u201cwithout proper procedure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The GAF\u2019s Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. N. P. Andoh, said WOII Apugiba Awine David, S\/Sgt Agbley Prosper, WO1 Jafaru Bunwura and Sgt. Bonney Prince\u2019s attachment to Mr Bagbin\u2019s office since he assumed office on January 7, last year, is improper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is humbly requested that the personnel are withdrawn with effect from 14 January 2022 while efforts are made to regularise their attachment,\u201d the January 11 letter stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Minority has, however, kicked against the directive accusing the Akufo-Addo government of acting in bad faith. <\/p>\n<p>They claim the move is politically motivated aimed to derail the confidence of Mr Bagbin.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Prof Oquaye has pleaded for his name to be left out of the media discourse on the said topic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Below is the full statement<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1BobG7ILj7CoNkU_iCn-1oxW9YS8s3cLu\/preview\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"TAVCIvtFN40\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Teacher Union Fallout: CCT denies removal of president, dissolution of NEC \u2013 Adom TV News (17-1-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TAVCIvtFN40?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye A former Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Michael Oquaye, has refuted claims that he was given military protection while serving as Speaker of the seventh Parliament. In a signed statement issued on Monday, Prof Oquaye described the news as a \u201cpalpable\u201d falsehood and should be disregarded. \u201cI was never offered military [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":199390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-754369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=754369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}