Arrest Mensah Thompson immediately – Nana B

National Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party, (NPP) Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B has called for the arrest of the Executive Director of Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability(ASEPA), Mr Mensah Thompson for peddling falsehood on social media.

Akufo-Addo relatives children fly presidential jet for Christmas shopping -ASEPA Boss

Mr Thompson had earlier claimed that during Christmas festivities children of a close relative of the President took Ghana’s Presidential Jet, the Falcon EX jet on a trip to the UK just for Christmas shopping.

He noted the said children of the President relatives did not traveled alone but also in the company of their friends merry making in the country’s presidential jet and flaunting same on social media and called on authorities namely, the Ministry of National Security, the Ghana Airforce and the Civil Aviation Authority to offer Ghanaians some explanation about the development.

“So between the 20th and 30th of December, 2021..during the Christmas, the children of a close relative of the President took Ghana’s Presidential Jet the Falcon EX jet on a trip to the UK just for Christmas shopping.

They didn’t go alone, they went with their friends and partied in the sky all through the trip, taking snap videos and flaunting their lucky adventure.

Ghana has spent close to half a billion dollars in the last two years renting private jets for our President, whiles his family members continue to lavish in our rejected aircraft at the expense of the poor tax payer.

The Ministry of National Security, the Ghana Airforce and the Civil Aviation Authority would have to provide answers to the good people of Ghana why a national security asset like the Presidential jet was left at the mercy of spoilt youngsters who went partying around the world playing in Ghana’s Presidential jet, creating an international diplomatic spectacle embarrassing the country Ghana,” Mensah Thompson said.

Mr Thompson made the claims in a Facebook post sighted by GhanaPlus.com.

Mensah Thompson apologies over Akufo-Addo relatives children fly presidential jet for Christmas shopping

However , before any  responds from the aforementioned  institutions, Mr Thompson  indicated he was withdrawing the claims.

He also rendered an unqualified apology to the Ghana Armed Forces over the allegations.

His withdrawal and apology he said follows an extensive conversation with the Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Armed Forces.

“I have had an extensive conversations this morning with the PRO of the Ghana Armed Forces pursuant to the usage of the Presidential jet by the children of the relatives of the President.

In the same medium I made the earlier publication, I withdraw the publication pending an official response from the GCAA.

I unreservedly apologise to the Ghana Armed Forces if their image was in anyway affected by my publication.

We shall put out for your consumption the response to our request from the GCAA records of the Falcon 900-EX,” Mensah Thompson wrote.

We can’t look on for Mensah Thompson to lie and apologies all the time – Nana B

But Reacting to his apology, Nana B said the ASEPA boss cannot be left to walk scout free despite the apology.

According to him, Mr Thompson has the fondness of spewing lies and false allegations purposely to incite the public hence must be hauled before the law to deter others from following his footsteps.

Nana B added peddling falsehood is a crime under Ghana’s laws as such Mr Thompson  must be made to face the laws squarely.

 “THOMPSON OF ASEPA MUST BE ARRESTED IMMEDIATELY, FAKE NEWS IS PUNISHABLE UNDER GHANAIAN LAW”

It does appear that Mr. Thompson from ASEPA has the penchant of spewing outright lies and false allegations ostensibly to incite the public and endanger lives. He persist in doing that, brazenly, because he always get away with it regardless of the magnitude of such evil lies he peddle.

On this current issue, he must be subjected to the full rigors of the law to deter him from hiding behind social media to create confusion in the system. We can’t look on for him to always peddle brazen and wicked falsehood and later turn around to say “I am sorry, I apologise for peddling falsehood”. There are laws in this country and he must face it squarely. He must be arrested immediately.

Section 76, Electronic Communications Act, 2008 (Act 775):

(1) A person who by means of electronic communications service, knowingly sends a communication which is false or misleading and likely to prejudice the efficiency of life saving service or to endanger the safety of any person, … commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than [thirty six thousand Ghana Cedis] or to a term of imprisonment of not more than five years or both.

(2) A person is taken to know that a communication is false or misleading if that person did not take reasonable steps to find out whether the communication was false, misleading, reckless or fraudulent,” Nana B wrote.

Source: GhanaPlus.com