I ve no criminal record – DCOP Opare-Addo fires back at National Security Boss modernghana.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from modernghana.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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The acting National Security Coordinator, Major General (retired) Francis Adu Amanfo has defended the forceful removal from office of Mr Ayesu Opare-Addo as the Ashanti Regional Security Liaison Officer.
He said force had to be applied because Mr Opare-Addo was refusing to leave office.
The acting National Security Coordinator denied that Mr Opare-Addo was handcuffed as had been alleged by him.
Rather, he said it was the National Security operatives from Accra, who had been dispatched to remove him from office, who were the ones who were handcuffed.
He said Mr Opare-addo had been removed and he was refusing to vacate his office even though he had no locus to be there.
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Since the Cybercrime Bill was laid before Parliament, LEGAL LINK has been religiously following the Preliminary Parliamentary debates regarding this proposed bill, the claims, counterclaims and apprehensions from civil rights activists, interest bodies and the wider public as well as the Information Minister’s piecemeal response over some of the critical issues that have been raised under the Cybercrime Bill.
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On March 12, 2020, Ghana recorded its first cases of coronavirus when two passengers who arrived via the airport tested positive for the virus.
Since then till today, over 87,700 cases have been recorded out of which over 81,200 patients have recovered but sadly 685 persons have succumbed to the virus.
A number of prominent persons have contracted the virus and openly declared their status with the view to combat stigmatization. Others however succumbed to the virus.
A year on, GhanaWeb looks at some of the prominent casualties.
Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie a.k.a Sir John:
Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Sir John, passed away last year.