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Dr.Duffour has called to congratulate me-John Mahama
The Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) and former President of Ghana, John Mahama, has disclosed that one of his contenders for the flagbearership race, Dr.Kwabena Duffour has called to congratulate him.
Dr.Duffour who was former Bank of Ghana governor, and Minister of Finance under the erstwhile NDC administration was one of the aspirants for the flagbaearership election held last Saturday.
unfortunately, after mounting a strong contest, he resorted to court for a last-minute injunction and later withdrew from the elections after discontinuing the case.
Disclosing it on his Facebook page, former President Mahama wrote, “Last night Dr. Kwabena Duffour called to congratulate me for emerging victorious in the May 13 NDC presidential primaries. Mayor Kojo Bonsu also congratulated me earlier on Saturday.”
According to him, as he stated in his acceptance speech in Tamale yesterday, the internal competition for Flagbearer is over.
He added that cooperation is what the party needs “to build the Ghana we want together.”
John Mahama was declared winner of the primaries organised over the weekend after garnering 98.9 percent of the votes cast to lead the NDC into the 2024 general elections.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
Management and staff of Owass FM have announced the passing of media personality, comedian and politician Seth Kwame Dzokoto following a medical emergency during a live morning show discussion at the station earlier today.
According to the station, Dzokoto was participating in a panel discussion on its morning show “Oman Nkoso” when he suddenly took ill and collapsed.
A statement from the station said its team immediately rushed him to the hospital for medical attention, but he was pronounced dead by the attending medical doctor upon arrival.
“We are deeply saddened by this unfortunate incident, which occurred in the course of our regular programming. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, loved ones, colleagues, and all those who have been affected by his passing,” the statement said.
Management acknowledged that information about the incident is already circulating in the public domain, but appealed to the public and colleague media houses to respect the privacy of the bereaved family and refrain from circulating unverified information or speculation regarding the circumstances of his death.
Owass FM extended its heartfelt condolences to the family of Seth Kwame Dzokoto.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The State through the Attorney General (AG) has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court challenging the suspension of the trial in the case of The Republic v Hanan Aludiba and Faiza Seidu.
On Monday, the Court of Appeal suspended the trial in the case. But the prosecution says it has filed an appeal against the suspension order.
According to the update, the law does not allow a criminal trial to be suspended simply because an accused person has complained about some of the charges on the charge sheet, particularly when those complaints were dismissed as meritless.
It argues that if the Court of Appeal’s decision is allowed to stand, no prosecution will ever be possible, since all it would take for a trial to be suspended is an accused person complaining about anything on the charge sheet.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
