* Ghana TV News 16th June 2010 + Latest Ghana News | | | | Faulty aircraft leaves Vice-President Mahama stranded * Source: Myjoyonline | The Vice-President, John Dramani Mahama, was Wednesday morning left stranded and disappointed when the aircraft that was to convey him to the Northern Region for an official function was discovered with a fault at the last minute.
After Mr Mahama and his entourage boarded the aging Focker 28, the pilot discovered a fault with the aircraft.
The pilot, who said it was not safe to fly the plane, broke the news to the country's second gentleman who disappointingly disembarked, ending the trip.
The Vice-President was billed to deliver the government's policy statement on cotton production in the three northern regions – Northern, Upper West and East – Joy FM's Northern Regional Correspondent, Maham Shaibu said.
He said a gathering of farmers from the three regions with the Northern and Upper East regional ministers in attendance, was waiting for the Vice-President for the commencement of the programme, only to receive the disappointing news.
According to Mahama Shaibu, the event has been postponed but the Vice-President's Spokesperson, John Jinapo, who confirmed the incident to Myjoyonline.com, said the programme will go on as planned with the regional ministers representing Mr John Mahama.
John Jinapo said while the Vice-President was disappointed with the abrupt cancelation of his trip, he accepted the situation as “one of the things in life.”
Meanwhile the faulty plane has been moved to the air force base hangar to be fixed. | Music producer jailed 10 years for trafficking in drugs * Source: GNA | Accra, June 16, GNA - The music producer busted after expelling 96 pellets of cocaine was on Wednesday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Accra Fast Track High Court.
Sam Sarfo Kantanka had on May 30, this year, told the court there was no need to remand him because he was guilty and would not like to waste the court's time.
Soon after his confession the court, remanded him pending the outcome of the Ghana Standards Board (GSB) examination into the substance. When the case was called, the prosecutor, Mr Asiamah Sampong, Principal State Attorney told the court that the test conducted by GSB proved positive of cocaine weighing 1.1 kilograms.
Facing charges of attempted exportation of narcotic drugs and possessing narcotic drugs without lawful excuse, Kantanka repeated his plea before the court.
The court presided over by Mr Justice Charles Quist therefore convicted him to 10 years on each count to run concurrently. It further ordered that Kantanka's sentence should take effect from the day of his arrest.
The complainants were operatives of Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) at Kotoka International Airport (KIA) and the accused is a music producer resident at Sowutuom in Accra.
On April 27, Kantanka was accosted at KIA and while going through departure formalities, to board a British Airways Airline, was picked up on suspicion that he had ingested narcotic drugs.
Operatives of NACOB took Kantanka's urine sample and tested it, which proved positive of cocaine.
On interrogation, he admitted swallowing the substances, which were given to him by one Stone at Ashongman Estates in Accra to be given to one "Obroni" in London for a fee of 4,000 pounds sterling. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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