The Communication Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Sammy Gyamfi has landed himself in trouble after playing politics with the arrest of the kidnappers of the two Canadian girls.
In a press conference held on Thursday 13th June, 2019 at the NDC’s headquarters in Accra, the Communication Officer is reported to have linked one of the persons arrested in the Canadian women kidnapping case, Seidu Yakubu, to Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister of Education and Member of Parliament for Manhyia South describing him as his errands boy.
In a letter written by his Lawyers on instructions of the Education Minister popularly referred to as NAPO, (Nana Poku) is demanding a retraction of what they said was a defamatory comment to link the Minister to the accused persons in the kidnapping case.
Mr. Kwame Zu, the party’s Ashanti regional Secretary has also been served with similar letter on same issue.
Gyamfi is said to have stated at press conference that, there was a “connection” and a “relationship” between Dr Opoku Prempeh and Seidu Yakubu, also known as “MBA”.
“Seidu’s association with the NPP is more than meets the eye. He is alleged to be the personal bodyguard of the Asokore Mampong MCE, Alhaji Alidu Seidu, and an errand boy for both Manhyia MP, Hon Mathew Opoku Prempeh and Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP, Bernard Antwi Boasiako (aka Wontumi,” Mr Gyamfi reportedly stated at the press conference according to Dr. Opoku Prempeh’s lawyers.
However, the lawyers, Sarkodie Baffour Awuah and Partners are insisting that “The aforementioned statement is not only false but malicious as the said Seidu is no errand boy” of Dr Opoku Prempeh.
They argued that Mr Gyamfi’s statement was a suggestion that Dr Opoku Prempeh condones and associates himself with persons suspected to have engaged in the crime of kidnapping, and sought to ascribe to “our client’s inappropriate conduct of involvement with persons you describe as thugs.”
“Consequently, the aforementioned false and malicious statement suggests that our client is a promoter and beneficiary of thuggery,” the letter stated.
On the part of Mr Kwame Zu, Ashanti Regional Secretary of the NDC, he is said to have made the statement in a radio interview on Accra based Okay FM on Thursday, June 13, 2019.
“The boy [Seidu] is a known member of the NPP who works with the Hon. Mathew Opoku Prempeh,” Mr Zu reportedly said in the radio interview.
“Our client categorically denies the aforementioned false and malicious statement. Evidently, the said statement was actuated by the malice and designed to damage the reputation of our client, a respectable Member of Parliament and Minister of Republic of Ghana.”
“Notwithstanding your malice, our client is magnanimously enough to offer you an opportunity to make amends. Accordingly, we have our clients instructions to demand” a retraction of the said statement and an unqualified apology.
The lawyers served notice that they have instructions to institute legal proceedings against the two if they fail to honour the demands within 48 hours.
