NPP Thugs Who Invaded UTV Fined GH¢2400 Each
The 16 NPP thugs who invaded United Television on Saturday, 7th October, 2023, have been convicted and fined 200 penalty units which amounts to Ghc2400 each by the Achimota Magistrate Court.
The men were charged with criminal conspiracy. The individuals who accepted the accusations were later found guilty by the court.
On Saturday, October 7, while the entertainment network “United Showbiz” was on, thugs attacked the studios of UTV, disrupting live work and threatening to harm the broadcaster and his guests. It was later revealed that the thugs were led by the Klottey Korle youth wing of the NPP and were allegedly under the command of the Deputy Director of Communications Ernest Owusu Bempah and other members of the management team.
According to these thugs, Kwame A-Plus disrespected them by destroying a letter they sent to media house.
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Kwame A-Plus, who spoke later on the show believed that it was Ernest Owusu Bempah, NPP communications team member, who ordered these thugs to go on such operation.
This comes after a group of individuals purportedly affiliated with the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) stormed the studios of UTV, causing an abrupt halt to the live broadcast of the popular show, United Showbiz
The shocking incident unfolded approximately seven minutes into the program.
Reports that emerged following the disruption of the show suggest that the intruders had entered the studio with hostile intentions. Their primary objective seemed to be confronting Kwame Asare Obeng, widely known as A Plus, a regular panel member on United Showbiz.
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Subsequent videos shared on social media portrayed a chaotic scene within the UTV studio, with several men loudly demanding A Plus’s presence.
“We are waiting for A Plus today… A Plus has to explain to us why he tore our paper from the NPP party. We are here, we are waiting for A Plus. We are protecting our party property,” one of the men can be heard shouting in the studio
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