General News of Thursday, 11 June 2020

Source: peacefmonline.com

Pastor who threatened to kill EC boss tests positive for Tramadol, weed

Apostle Kwabena Owusu Adjei was arrested by National Security operatives on Tuesday Apostle Kwabena Owusu Adjei was arrested by National Security operatives on Tuesday

Apostle Kwabena Owusu Adjei has tested positive for Tramadol and Tetrahydrocannabinol after a urine sample test conducted by the Police Hospital in Accra after his arrest on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, by National Security Operatives.

The 56-year-old man tested positive for Tramadol and Tetrahydrocannabinol in a test conducted and results signed by Supt/Dr. Adwoa Nuro-Panin, MWACP (Psychiatry) and sighted by Peacefmonline.com.

The self-styled preacher, Apostle Kwabena Owusu Adjei who was seen in a viral video threatening and castigating President Akufo-Addo and the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa has been arrested.

He displayed that if the voters' register is allowed to be changed, the Electoral Commissioner will die, adding that Ghana will not allow a small family to dictate to the nation.

Arrest

In a video seen by Peacefmonline.com, the Apostle was arrested on Tuesday morning at what appears to be his home (coded location) during a live interview with Accra based Hot FM.

He was apprehended by the plain cloth security personnel immediately he started ranting again during the interview.

The officers with an arrest warrant interrupted the interview and whisked him away in a black vehicle.

Indian Hemp

In another video seen in an office where he was taken to after the arrest, the Prophet in handcuff was seen holding a substance suspected to be Indian Hemp wrapped in a brown paper and being search thoroughly by the security personnel.

Remand

The accused person pleaded not guilty to threat of death, contrary to Section 75 of the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), offensive conduct conducive to the breach of peace and possession of narcotic drugs.

He has been remanded by the court to reappear on June 23, 2020.