Upper East NPP reacts to jail sentence passed on Bawku MP

Story: Benjamin Xornam Glover, Bolgatanga The Upper East Regional Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, (NPP), Mr. Joseph Kpemka Dindiock has urged supporters of the party in the Bawku municipality to remain calm as the party work on options available to them to have the jailed MP, Mr Adamu Dramani granted bail. Speaking to the Daily Graphic at Bolgatanga shortly after the MP was jailed for two years by the Supreme Court, over his dual nationality, Lawyer Kpenka called for calm and restraint among supporters of the party in the Bawku Central Constituency. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mr Adamu Dramani,was jailed for two years by the Supreme Court, over his dual nationality. The MP was found guilty on three counts of false declaration of office, perjury and deceiving a public officer. The sentences are to run concurrently Reacting to the news, Mr. Kpemka urged the supporters of the party in Bawku to take heart and pray with the MP during these difficult times . “We want to assure them that all the necessary legal remedies available will be explored to get him out on appeal . He said they at regional executives will confer with his lawyers, stand by them to work on an appeal for him and seek bail. Pending that, he said the regional executives will wait for directions from Accra as to the way forward with regards to the pending parliamentary elections. Meanwhile, some supporters of the MP and the party who spoke to the Daily Graphic from Bawku via telephone said they are very sad at the latest development. One party member told the Daily Graphic that, in Natinga, a suburb of Bawku and melting pot for the NPP, every single person is sad at the outcome. July 27,2012