NDC suspends Deputy General Secretary Kofi Adams for alleged misconduct 

Deputy General Secretary of the NDC Kofi Adams has been suspended for 90 days by the Party. 

The decision was taken at a crunch NDC meeting held in Accra Thursday to deliberate on an alleged tape-recording of a conversation between Mr Adams and the Executive Director of the Danquah Institute, Mr Gabby Asare Okyere-Darko discussing how to run down the NDC in the 2012 general elections. 

Confirming the suspension to Radio Ghana, General Secretary of the Party Johnson Asiedu Nketia said the issue has been referred to the Disciplinary Committee of the party, adding that Kofi Adams will be prevented from conducting party business by this suspension. 

The suspension, which takes immediate effect, according to Mr Nketsiah, would be communicated officially to Mr Adams by today, Friday.

He said the alleged conversation was an anti-party activity which ought to be thoroughly investigated.

He said the Disciplinary Committee had been mandated to give a fair hearing to Mr Adams, establish the veracity or otherwise of the recording and make appropriate recommendations. 

“If the investigations exonerate him, the suspension will be withdrawn; but if it goes against him, we will apply the recommended sanction,” he said. 

Mr Adams, who also doubles as an aide to former President Jerry John Rawlings, has been accused of plotting with the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to cause the defeat of the government in the December elections.

The deputy general secretary is alleged to have said on tape that he would do everything possible to prevent President Mills from securing the mandate of Ghanaians for a second term.

Mr Adams has since denied the allegations and challenged the authenticity of the voice recording.
 
GBC