Samuel Sarpong does not deserve to be Minister - MP

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AKOS 10 years ago

WHEN WILL THESE NPP BASTARDS AND LIARS LEARN. THEY ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN POLLUTING THE AIRWAVES WITH LIES LIES AND LIES. YOU GUYS WILL NOT LEARN THAT THE WORLD HAS CHANGED AND YOUR 2 REGIONS AKAN PARTY WILL TAKE YOU NOWHERE. ...
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WHEN WILL THESE NPP BASTARDS AND LIARS LEARN. THEY ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN POLLUTING THE AIRWAVES WITH LIES LIES AND LIES. YOU GUYS WILL NOT LEARN THAT THE WORLD HAS CHANGED AND YOUR 2 REGIONS AKAN PARTY WILL TAKE YOU NOWHERE. CRIMINALS
B/A 10 years ago

Do you have brains?

Do you have brains?
B/A 10 years ago

Useless No BXXXX THEY THINK THEY ARE ABOVE THE LAW LAWLESS NDC

Useless No BXXXX THEY THINK THEY ARE ABOVE THE LAW LAWLESS NDC
KOFI 10 years ago

The minister shuold be summoned to the desciplain committee and if possible remove from office. SHAMEFUL MINISTER. BASTARD. USELESS MINISTER FROM ASHANTE REGION.

The minister shuold be summoned to the desciplain committee and if possible remove from office. SHAMEFUL MINISTER. BASTARD. USELESS MINISTER FROM ASHANTE REGION.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

The tipper truck driver should be smart and find himself a good lawyer, sue the police officers, the Ghana police and the minister. That shall be his pay day and he shall not drive any tipper truck again. He should not accept ...
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The tipper truck driver should be smart and find himself a good lawyer, sue the police officers, the Ghana police and the minister. That shall be his pay day and he shall not drive any tipper truck again. He should not accept any apology and some 5000 Ghana Cedis as compensation. If it were the West, that would have been his winning Megamillion lottery ticket.
CORNEY 10 years ago

Frank, let us not be using the west wrongly.

In the west you and I know you don't drive through a convoy so what you wrote here does not make any sense.

How can you become mega millionaire when you run your car into oth ...
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Frank, let us not be using the west wrongly.

In the west you and I know you don't drive through a convoy so what you wrote here does not make any sense.

How can you become mega millionaire when you run your car into others especially a convoy?

We need to stop supporting blindly especially supporting these wrong doers like these drivers in Ghana who many Ghanaians know break the laws every second.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

Corney, you know better. If the police assault someone for a traffic offence in the full glare of people, with some people videotaping it, and CNN and Fox or the local TV stations broadcasting it, the police would have been o ...
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Corney, you know better. If the police assault someone for a traffic offence in the full glare of people, with some people videotaping it, and CNN and Fox or the local TV stations broadcasting it, the police would have been on administrative leave now, getting ready to be reprimanded or even fired. Yes, even if the guy is guilty, he could still SUE THE POLICE BIG TIME. You know the mouths of the lawyers here are always opened. The guy would have won a jackpot, I tell you. Anyway, welcome from OGYAKROM.
CORNEY 10 years ago

Frank, I wrote that the driver was as guilty as the Guard who beat him up if the story is true so let us wait to hear the side of the minister before passing sentence on the minister.

Frank, I wrote that the driver was as guilty as the Guard who beat him up if the story is true so let us wait to hear the side of the minister before passing sentence on the minister.
CORNEY 10 years ago

Frank, your mailbox is full.
Call me.

Frank, your mailbox is full.
Call me.
Big Alex Aluta.Hamburg. 10 years ago

Corney,what Frank is saying is the truth.Even if in the west one must not drive through a convoy,it does not lead to the bodyguard or the security forces around to beat him and also detain him on the orders of the minister.Th ...
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Corney,what Frank is saying is the truth.Even if in the west one must not drive through a convoy,it does not lead to the bodyguard or the security forces around to beat him and also detain him on the orders of the minister.The minister must had known better that Ghana is not under a military government or a dictator but under a real democratic rule where the rule of law is supreme under any democracy.Its a disgrace to the minister,the government and the one who appointed him.If the NDC government headed by Mahama believes in democracy,then this minister must resign.This will never happen in any civilised country.
OWUSU 10 years ago

CORNEY,I am wondering which part of the world you are living, if you are really living on this earth.Have you ever heard that a drive has been beaten up by a police man or a law enforcer in the west for causing an accident ? ...
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CORNEY,I am wondering which part of the world you are living, if you are really living on this earth.Have you ever heard that a drive has been beaten up by a police man or a law enforcer in the west for causing an accident ?Do you know what is a car or truck? it is a robot and it can malfunction and move to any direction contrary to what the driver intends. It is only in this country that people voted into power treats their voters as animals. Frank Agyena-Karikari is right this MONSTERS,the minister,the driver and the police have to be sued.
LARYEAH 10 years ago

WO YE ABOA FOO. WONYA SOOMEI ONU! OFUI!! TOGOLESE PRIMITIVE FOOL!!!

WO YE ABOA FOO. WONYA SOOMEI ONU! OFUI!! TOGOLESE PRIMITIVE FOOL!!!
Nicholas J Bedzo 10 years ago

The Minister shouid be sacked from his Post back to his house.

The Minister shouid be sacked from his Post back to his house.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

I wish the tipper truck driver was your brother and you will see how it feels like.
This is where Mahama should show leadership. That Sarpong needs to be fired and the officer who detained him be demoted by two ranks. Mahama ...
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I wish the tipper truck driver was your brother and you will see how it feels like.
This is where Mahama should show leadership. That Sarpong needs to be fired and the officer who detained him be demoted by two ranks. Mahama, that is how it works. You cannot tell Ghanaians that you are not aware of this. At least, the BNI have informed you.
CORNEY 10 years ago

Frank, next time you are in Ghana get on the road and you will see why that driver was as guilty as the guard who beat him up if the story is true.

Let me remind you that the bodyguard of the minister is a police officer w ...
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Frank, next time you are in Ghana get on the road and you will see why that driver was as guilty as the guard who beat him up if the story is true.

Let me remind you that the bodyguard of the minister is a police officer who has the power to arrest that driver and also don't forget that this guy will say anything to get support from the likes of this MP who himself and many of his colleagues are the bad drivers on the roads.

I just returned from Ghana 3 days ago and can tell you that in addition to the bad roads in some areas the worse or hazards on the roads are these drivers especially these big truck drivers and since they always get away with these nonsense many of us always think of taking the law into our own hands by dealing with some of them if we can get hold of them.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

Corney, even if the driver was guilty, there is no justification for his arrest without bail, especially if there is no death or test to prove that he was driving under influence. Some politicians in Ghana just arrogate to th ...
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Corney, even if the driver was guilty, there is no justification for his arrest without bail, especially if there is no death or test to prove that he was driving under influence. Some politicians in Ghana just arrogate to themselves too much power. Corney, you are right about the recklessness with which some Ghanaian drivers drive on the way. I have been driving for a long time but I was scared to drive in Ghana when I visited
I agree that the police can arrest him. Even there could be a citizens arrest but the assault? NO.
Corney, If you ever lived at a police station and saw how people arrested for minor offences are treated, you shall be shocked. The police just slap people for nothing, just for being arrested.
The Regional minister should know how political his position is, the media looking for something to write about. He should rather have stopped the assault and not rather have the driver incarcerated until his car was fixed. What do we pay insurance for.
Koofori 10 years ago

Corney,
First, I welcome you back to this forum after a long absence. You need to read the story again. An accident had just happened and the bodyguard and driver of RM took to themselves to go around the traffic without act ...
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Corney,
First, I welcome you back to this forum after a long absence. You need to read the story again. An accident had just happened and the bodyguard and driver of RM took to themselves to go around the traffic without activating the siren on the said vehicle, and the dump driver accidentally drive into their vehicle. From the report published in the story, it wasn`t the driver`s fault and did not deserve in the manner the Regional Minister and co treated them.
You live here in the US, do you think what they could have done that here? Let`s be for real. The Regional Minister and his group were wrong and the truck driver needs an apology from them.
CORNEY 10 years ago

I don't know if there was a different story about this case in the past but what you wrote here is not in this story for me to agree with you or not but if what you wrote is what really happened then they were wrong in the fi ...
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I don't know if there was a different story about this case in the past but what you wrote here is not in this story for me to agree with you or not but if what you wrote is what really happened then they were wrong in the first place for the regional minister not to stop to help the accident victims or to make sure everybody was safe as any leader would have done.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

The driver does not need an apology. He needs a good lawyer and he will not drive a truck for a very long time.

The driver does not need an apology. He needs a good lawyer and he will not drive a truck for a very long time.
BENYIWAH DOE (Rat Pioson) 10 years ago

Corney, Tsoooooo, you say what? its time we start taking people to court to answer their stupid behaviors. Do you know the definition of an accident? If yes then rethink. No normal human being will wake up in the morning and ...
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Corney, Tsoooooo, you say what? its time we start taking people to court to answer their stupid behaviors. Do you know the definition of an accident? If yes then rethink. No normal human being will wake up in the morning and say am going to run in to someone's car, unless such person is like you which is not common on our roads. Are you telling me that if that driver was to be a soldier or police the Minister can order his beatings? Come on lets copy the west small after all we read our budget in their currencies
OWUSU 10 years ago

WELL SAID, don't mind those who know nothing but think they know too much

WELL SAID, don't mind those who know nothing but think they know too much
Kofi Abotsi 10 years ago

Corney, I don't think these people drive on the roads in Ghana, particularly, Accra. If you get home every evening with your body in one piece, you would probably understand the frustration of these men who might have pummell ...
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Corney, I don't think these people drive on the roads in Ghana, particularly, Accra. If you get home every evening with your body in one piece, you would probably understand the frustration of these men who might have pummelled this tipper truck driver. Honestly, I would be dishing out a lot more of such pummelling if I had what it takes (if you know what I mean). Why be quick to give a political twist to this incidence? How would you react if somebody just missed killing you, acting in a wilful, irresponsible manner? Drivers in the UK, US and indeed in the advanced countries don't ordinarily behave the way drivers here in Africa, and Ghana in particular do. I am sorry for the troubles of the minister, but a few more pummelling of drivers will send the message home. I wish to get home in one piece everyday to see my kids.
kwaku Brakye Toronto 10 years ago

Mr Corney, I'm extremely amazed and beside myself with shock and bewilderment in your attempt to defend the inexcusable behaviour of the lunatic minister and his cohorts. When are we Ghanaians going to learn one cannot take ...
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Mr Corney, I'm extremely amazed and beside myself with shock and bewilderment in your attempt to defend the inexcusable behaviour of the lunatic minister and his cohorts. When are we Ghanaians going to learn one cannot take the law into his or her own hands. Come to think of it, you live in the States and you're passing such comments. I live in Canada and this kind of deplorable behaviour cannot wash here. No matter how reckless the driver was, nobody had no ground to touch him much less maltreat him. That is why we live in a civilized society. That is why laws have been enacted. Under no circumstances should you support that kind of sickening behaviour more so when it is perpetrated by a minister
OSABERIMA 10 years ago

Akos you are very stupid to make such a statement.

Akos you are very stupid to make such a statement.
The Illiterate 10 years ago

TYPICAL AFRICAN MENTALIRY - CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

TYPICAL AFRICAN MENTALIRY - CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
truth 10 years ago

Some of these drivers deserve instant rough and ready justice.Some of them are just reckless and stupid causing unnecessary accidents injuring and claiming the lives of many innocent Ghanaians.

Some of these drivers deserve instant rough and ready justice.Some of them are just reckless and stupid causing unnecessary accidents injuring and claiming the lives of many innocent Ghanaians.
Kofi 10 years ago

You are right, some drivers may be reckless but should we start beating up drivers we perceive to be reckless? One would think a whole minister would know better and not behave like a fool.

You are right, some drivers may be reckless but should we start beating up drivers we perceive to be reckless? One would think a whole minister would know better and not behave like a fool.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

We have weak leadership. Koby Acheampong did it under Mahama and nothing happened. Where is he now? Under Kuffour, another Central Regional minister whose name I don't remember had a driver arrested at Suhum and taken to jai ...
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We have weak leadership. Koby Acheampong did it under Mahama and nothing happened. Where is he now? Under Kuffour, another Central Regional minister whose name I don't remember had a driver arrested at Suhum and taken to jail at Cape Coast. Salifu Amankwa did it under Rawlings. He even had a 70 year Old man beaten to death for walking on the lawn at Nkrumah's Circle. The last time I saw him at Tamale a long time ago, he was a miserable wretch. The evil that men do lives after them.
Mahama should immediately fire this good for nothing minister.
kwaku sarpong 10 years ago

I dont want to believe that the allegedly beaten and detained by the police without bail was on the orders of the Regional Minister.If it was, then the law must take its course by arraigning the minister and those involved be ...
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I dont want to believe that the allegedly beaten and detained by the police without bail was on the orders of the Regional Minister.If it was, then the law must take its course by arraigning the minister and those involved before court to face the full rigours of the law because nobody is above the law.
Sampson -- IRELAND 10 years ago

There is no law for poor people in Ghana

There is no law for poor people in Ghana
Yaw(VA) 10 years ago

it's only an NPP member that will make this kind of wise pronouncements. Never expect this kind of noble statement to come from an NDC twerp. If I had the means, I would wipe NDC from Ghana.

it's only an NPP member that will make this kind of wise pronouncements. Never expect this kind of noble statement to come from an NDC twerp. If I had the means, I would wipe NDC from Ghana.
nana 10 years ago

oh shame minister

oh shame minister
Kofi 10 years ago

Doesn't the minister know the procedure when your vehicle is involved in a crash? What lesson was the idiot of minister sending to Ghanaians? Shouldn't the rest of the people take the law into their own hands? There are too m ...
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Doesn't the minister know the procedure when your vehicle is involved in a crash? What lesson was the idiot of minister sending to Ghanaians? Shouldn't the rest of the people take the law into their own hands? There are too many idiots in high places and that is why the nation is its current state.
Yaw. 10 years ago

If this turns out to be true,then this minister should be sacked and prosecuted.
But i wound hold my breath as this is Ghana some people are above the law.
This is serious and if Mahama is to be taken serious,he should act ...
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If this turns out to be true,then this minister should be sacked and prosecuted.
But i wound hold my breath as this is Ghana some people are above the law.
This is serious and if Mahama is to be taken serious,he should act on this and prove that he is representing the well being of all Ghanaians.
How stupid can some people be?Don't they realise that accidents happen especially due to the bad conditions of our roads which this minister and all other so called leaders of our country have failed to tackle?
Please will some one be bold enough for once and put aside his/her political affiliation and punish those involve in this barbaric act accordingly?Failure to do this will mean reign of terror under this government and we don't need that.
Philips 10 years ago

If it is true that the incident took place in the presence of the Minister and he again ordered the police to detain the driver without bail, not even thinking of taking him to the hospital for treatment, then Mr. president t ...
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If it is true that the incident took place in the presence of the Minister and he again ordered the police to detain the driver without bail, not even thinking of taking him to the hospital for treatment, then Mr. president that Minister is not fit for purpose and must be sacked to show that nobody is above the law in Ghana. The IGP must also strongly reprimand the stupid police officer(s) who took illegal instructions from the so called Minister.
Mad 10 years ago

If the court and lawyers keep playing with people life, then we should beat them. YOU REMEMBER THE RUSIAN SPEAKER nearly killed. Beat them

If the court and lawyers keep playing with people life, then we should beat them. YOU REMEMBER THE RUSIAN SPEAKER nearly killed. Beat them
Jeff, UK 10 years ago

Say it loud. His deputy, a riff-raff, is said to be in the habit of engineering the transfer of civil servants whom she suspects not to in support of her.

Say it loud. His deputy, a riff-raff, is said to be in the habit of engineering the transfer of civil servants whom she suspects not to in support of her.
peace 10 years ago

AKOS U NOT THINKING IS WRONG TO BEAT UP SOMEONE WHEN U ARE A MINISTER POWER WE VOTED U IN AND IS NOT AKAN PARTY ASS HOLE

AKOS U NOT THINKING IS WRONG TO BEAT UP SOMEONE WHEN U ARE A MINISTER POWER WE VOTED U IN AND IS NOT AKAN PARTY ASS HOLE
Gawuga 10 years ago

NDC is nothing buy bunch of killers

NDC is nothing buy bunch of killers
Gawuga 10 years ago

Blood sucker party

Blood sucker party
Papa Yaw 10 years ago

Hoe

Hoe
NEAY 10 years ago

thank you mr minister if all the facts of the matter is true.

thank you mr minister if all the facts of the matter is true.
SANTROFI 10 years ago

EI GHANA!! SO REGIONAL MINISTERS ALSO HAVE BODYGUARDS.

WHO PAYS THOSE BODYGUARDS? GHANA OR FROM HIS OWN POCKET, WHICK I DOUBT!!!

EI GHANA!! SO REGIONAL MINISTERS ALSO HAVE BODYGUARDS.

WHO PAYS THOSE BODYGUARDS? GHANA OR FROM HIS OWN POCKET, WHICK I DOUBT!!!
EDUMADZE IN ACTION 10 years ago

NPP'S Edumadze style.

NPP'S Edumadze style.
Koforidua Flowers (fr) 10 years ago

Some people in government and beyond are refusing to be responsiblle and caring leaders.In this Wise,some MPs and stakeholders need be disciplined and root out from the system.Mahama's set up are such crooks that the leader i ...
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Some people in government and beyond are refusing to be responsiblle and caring leaders.In this Wise,some MPs and stakeholders need be disciplined and root out from the system.Mahama's set up are such crooks that the leader is having no control over them. It sounds interesting when a full minister of state and his guards beat up a driver for careless driving.As usual this matter will get to no where for, thay all created,looted and shared.
LIZA SOOTIE 10 years ago

KWARTENG-AGYARKO IS BLIND TO THE WRONG THE DRIVER DID. HE SHOULD HAVE CONDEMNED THE NPP DRIVER FOR THE RECKLESS BEHAVIOUR WHICH COULD HAVE KILLED INNOCENT LIVES. AGYRAKJO IS PLAYING PARTY POLITICS WITH THIS ONE TOO. WHEN EDUM ...
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KWARTENG-AGYARKO IS BLIND TO THE WRONG THE DRIVER DID. HE SHOULD HAVE CONDEMNED THE NPP DRIVER FOR THE RECKLESS BEHAVIOUR WHICH COULD HAVE KILLED INNOCENT LIVES. AGYRAKJO IS PLAYING PARTY POLITICS WITH THIS ONE TOO. WHEN EDUMADZE SEIZED A CAR FOR WEEKS DID HE TALK? AGYARKO THE LIAR, HYPOCRITE .
abenaa 10 years ago

This MP should definitely be taken to court to face justice. this illiterate man who never thought he would be anywhere has definitely abused his position. Let the Law take car of him.

This MP should definitely be taken to court to face justice. this illiterate man who never thought he would be anywhere has definitely abused his position. Let the Law take car of him.
oko 10 years ago

This bad habit of the tipper drivers must stop, we were all here when one almost killed the Chief Justice of Russia last month.we must ensure safety on our roads

This bad habit of the tipper drivers must stop, we were all here when one almost killed the Chief Justice of Russia last month.we must ensure safety on our roads
Photosy. 10 years ago

A tipper truck driver causes the Chief Justice of the Russia to have an accident. How ? These are damn reckless drivers who must be disciplined at anytime. Because of their size and weight, drive recklessly on our roads causi ...
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A tipper truck driver causes the Chief Justice of the Russia to have an accident. How ? These are damn reckless drivers who must be disciplined at anytime. Because of their size and weight, drive recklessly on our roads causing more accidents than ever and you play politics with this ? See the streets of Accra, watch the reckless of these tipper truck drivers before writing or saying nonsense in the media. The NPP Minister must be ashamed of himself. He is a disgrace. Human lives must be saved at all cost not the recklessness of a single idiotic, perhaps uneducated fool handling a tipper truck. Do you know how many lives have been lost because of their recklessness ? About time somebody disciplined time.
napo 10 years ago

i agree that that minister should be banned in the government.

i agree that that minister should be banned in the government.

Samuel Sarpong does not deserve to be Minister - MP

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