United Party petitions OSP and A-G over extortion allegations against Afenyo-Markin

The United Party has petitioned the Office of the Special Prosecutor and the Attorney General to investigate allegations that Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin used Right to Information requests for extortion. According to 3News, the petition claims Afenyo-Markin used RTI requests for extortion.

Afenyo-Markin has rejected the allegations, with Starr FM reporting that he described a pre-sitting strategy session as a personal summons.

The allegations against Afenyo-Markin were made by Sammy Gyamfi, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board, as reported by Adom Online. Gyamfi made the claims in response to the Minority's concerns over reported losses associated with the Bank of Ghana's Domestic Gold Purchase Programme. Afenyo-Markin has denied the allegations and is considering his legal options, but some senior NPP MPs are demanding further clarification.

Brief written by urgent.news from 3News, Starr FM, Adom Online — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.