The deputy Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is demanding an immediate retraction and apology from A-Plus following some unfounded allegations he made on an Accra based television station.
He stated that A-Plus falsely alleged that “I mobilized the group that disrupted the United Showbiz program without providing any lawful justification or evidence, and also indicated that he will mobilize thugs to come and harm me at Ghana Gas.”
Whiles condemning the comments by A-Plus in a statement copied to Wontumionline.com and Movementtvonline.com, Ernest Kofi Owusu-Bempah Bonsu, warned that he has made a formal complaint to the police regarding the threat made on his life.
Full statement below…
I have become aware of a rather unfortunate incident in the studios of UTV), were a group of young men interrupted this weekend’s edition of United Showbiz program.
The reason cited for the disruption of the program is unknown to me.
Again, I have no knowledge of the situation; neither do I know the characters involved.
Surprisingly, a panellist on the show, Kwame Asare Obeng, otherwise known as A-Plus descended into the gutters with all sorts of attacks on my person.
Furthermore, A-Plus directly linked me to the incident and repeatedly claimed that I was responsible for the disruption of the program and went ahead to issue a direct threat on my person.
He also falsely alleged that I mobilized the group that disrupted the United Showbiz program without providing any lawful justification or evidence, and also indicated that he will mobilize thugs to come and harm me at Ghana Gas.
Let me put on record that these accusations and defamatory statements were made without any substantiation or lawful justification.
I have made a formal complaint to the police regarding the threat made on my life.
On the other hand, I am by this statement demanding for a retraction of A-Plus’s defamatory words and an unqualified apology.
If he should fail or refuse to do that, then I would have no other option than to instruct my lawyers to institute legal action for the damage and injury caused to my integrity.
Signed:
Ernest Kofi Owusu-Bempah Bonsu
Deputy Director of Communications, NPP