Anyimadu-Antwi orchestrated Ofosu Nkansah’s arrest – Asante Akim Central constituency secretary claims

Felix Amakye, the NPP constituency secretary for the Asante Akim Central claims that the incumbent Member of Parliament for the constituency, Kwame Anyimadu Antwi, orchestrated the arrest of Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP).

Mr. Ofosu Nkansah was arrested by the Special Prosecutor on Wednesday, January 10, for allegedly disbursing money to delegates in anticipation of the NPP parliamentary primaries.

According to the constituency secretary, Mr. Antwi was the person who called for the arrest by reporting Kofi Ofosu Nkansah’s alleged act to the OSP.

“The MP reported Kofi Ofosu because he told my assistant, Debrah Philip, that he was going to report Kofi Ofosu to the Special Prosecutor and that is what he has done,” Felix Amakye revealed in an interview monitored by The Ghana Report on Citi FM.

Felix Amakye also accused the MP of personally distributing GH¢300 to delegates in the constituency during the Christmas period.

He defended his claims by stating that his wife, a delegate, received money from the MP, which he considered a Christmas package.

“I am the constituency secretary and we know all the delegates and when they meet too, we know everything and it includes our family members and it is an open thing and he gave it to every delegate and the delegates are around 623 and everybody knows it and so I don’t know why MP is pushing this thing to that end.

“My wife is a delegate and collected GH¢300 from the MP. Kofi shared it with all delegates and that is what the MP also did and it is a Christmas package,” he added.

Meanwhile, Kwame Anyimadu Antwi has refuted claims of reporting the NEIP boss to the Office of the Special Prosecutor.

So far, the party has cleared 326 parliamentary aspirants for the January 27 primaries to elect its parliamentary candidates in constituencies where the party has sitting MPs.

Out of the total number of 373 aspirants, who filed to contest the primaries, after vetting, 29 are going unopposed, 11 were disqualified, 2 were referred to the National Executive Committee (NEC), 2 stepped down, one incomplete form and 2 did not show up for vetting leaving the qualified aspirants for the primaries at 326.