Veep probes porn saga

Vice President John Mahama has instituted investigations into the circumstances under which ‘hot and spicy pornographic materials were posted on his official website by some unidentified persons.

This follows a publication in the Wednesday, September 22, 2010 issue of the Daily Guide newspaper headlined “Porno Hits Veep” in which the paper revealed the publications of nude pictures of men and women, both white and black, engaged in ‘hot’ sex on a webpage of the vice president that was supposed to be promoting farming.

These scenes projected the Vice President and the Republic of Ghana as promoting a different kind of ‘farming’ to the country’s youth on the website posted by one Kapmimb Asperee. But in a statement issued by the office of the Vice President and signed by his spokesman, John Abdulai Jinapor said Mr. Mahama had since ordered the immediate suspension of the discussion forum on the website. Mr. Jinapor had earlier on a number of radio stations, denied that there were such pornographic materials on the website.

Consequently, the vice President has charged the Information Technology (IT) Department of his office and those responsible for the website to conduct an audit of the security features of the site. For this reason, the interactive section of the Vice President’s website has been suspended until the security features are enhanced.