General News of Tuesday, 11 August 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comFlashback: It is not an offence to insult the President – Ace AnkomahLawyer Ace AnkomahLawyer Ace Ankomah in September 2017 rose to the defence of NDC’s serial caller, Frank Kwaku Appiah, who is popularly known as Appiah Stadium, for tagging President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as a ‘wee smoker’. Following Appiah Stadium’s arrest, Mr. Ankomah noted that insulting the president is not an offence according to the laws of the country and therefore his arrest was uncalled-for. He said, "Until 2001, it was an offence to insult the president. “We demand the immediate release of Appiah Stadium from police custody now in the interest of the stability of the State. Appiah Stadium has since rendered an apology to the citizenry and the President during an interview with Neat FM in Accra, Monday 25th September 2017.

Source: GhanaWeb August 11, 2020 11:48 UTC