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Kumasi group locks up Daily Guide office over Otumfour report

By Maame Aba Afful
Kumasi Youth locks up Daily Guide office
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Kumasi Youth Association, a group in the Ashanti Region has locked up the office of the Daily Guide newspaper to protest  a publication which alleged that Otumfuo Osei Tutu II had been involved in money laundering.

The group has threatened to keep the office locked until the paper retracts the story and apologises to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and his subjects. Before the attack, some groups affiliated to the Ashanti Region warned the media to exercise caution in their reportage concerning the alleged money laundering case.

“We came to the office this morning to see that our office has been locked by the guys who call themselves Kumasi Youth Association. They say until we retract our story and go to the Manhyia to apologise to the King, they will permanently shut down the office”, a staff of the Daily Guide narrated.

The Asantehene was reported in a British newspaper to have given £200,000 as well as $200,000 with consecutive serial numbers to a banker, Mr Arthur, to be deposited on his behalf at the Ghana International Bank Plc.

The story claimed that Mr Arthur had said he could not conduct the necessary due diligence before depositing the money because he was a subject of the Asantehene and could not question him over the money or any other issue.

He has since been sacked by the bank and the matter has become a subject of litigation before an employment tribunal in the UK.

Mr Arthur is reported to have been sacked by the bank for depositing 350,000 pounds into the Asante monarch's account without going through the necessary procedures for such deposits.

Read also: Asantehene's diplomatic passport had expired at the time of controversial UK bank transaction

 Ghanaians in London - We are being ridiculed because of Asantehene's money saga

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