In the 8yrs of Akufo-Addo no opposition MP was harassed by state security for demanding probes – Ntim Fordjour
In a post on his X page after the incident, Ntim Fordjour said “Yesterday, as the former President of the Republic HE Nana Akufo-Addo @NAkufoAddo placed a call to me and conveyed his kind thoughts to me and my family, following the needless invasion of our home without a warrant by men purportedly sent by the government for raising matters of serious concerns worth probing on behalf of the Minority Caucus, I came to appreciate the more, how tolerance shapes our democracy.
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Assin South Lawmaker, Rev Ntim Fordjour has accused the Mahama administration of growing intolerance.
He stated that in the eight years of the leadership of President Akufo-Addo, no opposition Member of Parliament was harassed by the state security apparatus for demanding probes in the discharge of their parliamentary oversight.
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On Wednesday, April 9 officials of the National Intelligence Bureau attempted to arrest him over the aircraft with drugs comment.
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According to Government Spokesperson, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the standoff erupted because Rev Fordjour refused to cooperate.
“NIB officials are currently at Ntim Fordjour’s residence. They havean arrest warrant. He is refusing to cooperate. They have given him time to cooperate, failing which they will act,” he said.
In a post on his X page after the incident, Ntim Fordjour said “Yesterday, as the former President of the Republic HE Nana Akufo-Addo @NAkufoAddo placed a call to me and conveyed his kind thoughts to me and my family, following the needless invasion of our home without a warrant by men purportedly sent by the government for raising matters of serious concerns worth probing on behalf of the Minority Caucus, I came to appreciate the more, how tolerance shapes our democracy.
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“In the eight years extraordinary leadership of President Akufo-Addo, no opposition MP was harassed by the state security apparatus for demanding probes in the discharge of their parliamentary oversight. Every fierce criticism and demand for probe by the opposition MPs were graciously accommodated by President Akufo-Addo without threats and harassments.
“The level of intolerance demonstrated by President Mahama in his reaction to a press statement of the Minority Cause simply demanding probes into various matters of urgent and serious public interest, is unprecedented and a major setback in our democratic pursuit.
“This is indeed beyond the culture of silence. Truth will stand always!”
Source: 3news.com
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