{
  "id": 3001084,
  "title": "United Party petitions OSP and A-G over extortion allegations against Afenyo-Markin",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/united-party-petitions-osp-and-a-g-over-extortion-allegations-against",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T10:49:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "3News",
    "slug": "3news",
    "url": "https://3news.com/politics/united-party-petitions-osp-and-a-g-over-extortion-allegations-against-afenyo-markin"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.\n\nAfenyo-Markin has rejected the allegations, with Starr FM reporting that he described a pre-sitting strategy session as a personal summons.\n\nThe 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.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "OSP to assess extortion allegations against Afenyo-Markin",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/osp-to-assess-extortion-allegations-against-afenyo-markin",
        "published": "2026-08-24T13:45:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "3News",
        "title": "Alleged extortion: We're assessing petition against Afenyo-Markin - OSP",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/alleged-extortion-were-assessing-petition-against-afenyo-markin-osp",
        "published": "2026-08-24T16:09:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "GBC Ghana",
        "title": "OSP to assess extortion allegations against Afenyo-Markin",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/osp-to-assess-extortion-allegations-against-afenyo-markin-3061785",
        "published": "2026-08-24T16:30:41.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}