{"id":52487,"date":"2025-01-04T10:12:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T10:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-akufo-addo-s-bodyguard-collapses-in-parliament\/"},"modified":"2025-01-04T10:17:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T10:17:39","slug":"president-akufo-addo-s-bodyguard-collapses-in-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-akufo-addo-s-bodyguard-collapses-in-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"President Akufo-Addo\u2019s bodyguard collapses in parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to media reports, the incident occurred shortly after President Akufo-Addo began delivering his speech, which focused on his administration\u2019s accomplishments and future plans for the nation. <\/p>\n<p>Col  Amponsah, a trusted and long-serving aide, suddenly lost consciousness while standing guard in the chamber, causing a stir among lawmakers and officials present.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was captured on video as Parliament&#8217;s medical team rushed to offer immediate care. Col Amponsah was quickly given first aid before being transported to a nearby hospital for further assessment.<\/p>\n<p>In the midst of the unexpected event, President Akufo-Addo briefly paused his speech to ensure his bodyguard received the necessary attention before continuing. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the disruption, the address resumed with the President reflecting on Ghana\u2019s progress and future direction.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-79788\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ikolp.jpg\" alt=\"Colonel Isaac Amponsah, the personal bodyguard and Aide-de-Camp to Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, collapsed on Friday, January 3, 2025. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-79787\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/nana-2.jpg\" alt=\" President Akufo-Addo briefly paused his speech to ensure his bodyguard received the necessary attention before continuing. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colonel Isaac Amponsah, the personal bodyguard and Aide-de-Camp to Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, collapsed on Friday, January 3, 2025, during the final State of the Nation Address.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000079786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000079786,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/56187862.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/56187862.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/56187862.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/56187862.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/56187862.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/56187862.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000079786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52487"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52487"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}