National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo was first invited to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of Ghana Police Service via a WhatsApp message, General Secretary of the party, Johnson Asiedu Nketia has said.

Mr. Asiedu Nketia indicated that he expressed shock over what he described as a lack of respect and professionalism by the Police Service for the Chairman of the largest opposition party.

Speaking on KasapaFM, Mr. Asiedu Nketia said: “The Police said they had served him the invitation through social media, they claim they extended the invitation to him through a message on whatsapp. For me, I’m on more than 600 whatsapp groups and so if I say I’ll read message on all the groups in a day, then I’ll have no time to do my official work and other stuffs. So why is it that the Ghana Police if they want to invite someone like Ofosu Ampofo, they do so through whatsapp message. The Police should know that if they don’t have a regular conversation with Ofosu Ampofo on whatsapp and they send a message to him with a new number that is unknown to him the likelyhood that he’ll scan through all his messages is almost zero. I’m surprised that the Police is going about their duties this, I don’t know what is happening to the Police. The Ghana Police Service that I know doesn’t do their work this way.”

Mr Ofosu-Ampofo in the leaked tape which has gone viral is heard inciting the party’s communicators against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Jean Mensa as well as the Chairman of the National Peace Council, Prof Emmanuel Asante.

The voice is heard saying: “We’re going to take her [EC boss] to the cleaners.”

“As for the EC chair, we must wage a relentless war on this EC chair. Me, she doesn’t want to see my face,” the Ofosu-Ampofo-like voice said.

The voice is also heard giving his blessing to the party communicators to insult Most Rev Professor Emmanuel Asante.

“For the first time, I’ll endorse insulting the National Peace Council Chair,” he added.

The CID asked Mr. Ofosu Ampofo to report at its headquarters on Thursday to answer questions relating to some statements he purportedly made in leaked audio at a party meeting with regards to the recent Ayawaso West Wuogon by-elections.