President John Dramani Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama did not sanction the reported attack on former Minister of Energy, John Peter Amewu, the Member of Parliament for Hohoe constituency, Thomas Worlanyo Tsekpo, has said.
Describing such media reports as derisory, the MP insisted that such spurious allegations could only be coming from the camp of the opposition.
“It is fair to say that President Mahama does not have such powers under the constitution to dictate to the courts and security agencies how they go about their business,” Worlanyo Tsekpo said.
The Hohoe MP made these remarks on Channel One TV, on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, while responding to media reports that suggested that the alleged gun attack on John Peter Amewu’s residence on Tuesday was directed by the president.
Worlanyo Tsekpo further clarified that court bailiffs had visited the premises of the former minister to serve a process on him in a pending case at the Ho High Court in the Volta Region.
According to him, the Ho High Court resorted to a substituted service after Amewu failed to make himself available for personal service.
“The matter has to do with the 2020 Election, I’m referring to the SALL case. The former MP has constantly evaded service, so an application was filed and the court ordered for a substituted service. As we all know, such service could be posted on the walls or on the gate of the person involved.
“Because of the history of court officials being beaten by supporters of Mr Amewu, this time around, they decided to go with security officials to properly execute the order, creating the confusion we all witnessed,” Worlanyo Tsekpo added.
Worlanyo Tsekpo further said that he was dismayed and appalled by how supporters and some key figures within the NPP deceived a section of the public in believing that armed men had besieged the premises of John Peter Amewu.
He said the NPP achieved their intention of creating unnecessary panic, stressing that the “security services did not know where to find Mr Amewu anytime they want to invite for questioning. So, they had to paste the notice on the wall of his house.”
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