…To prove allegations
By Charles Takyi-Boadu
Posted: The Chronicle. Wednesday, December 17, 2008
The office of former President Jerry John Rawlings has dared the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and its assigns to provide adequate evidence to support claims that he is plotting to assassinate pastors who oppose the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Spokesman for the former President, Kofi Adams who spoke to The Chronicle in reaction to an earlier press conference organised by the Youth Activist Forum (YAF), an off-shoot of the NPP described the allegations as “an amateurish part of an NPP design to create disaffection between the NDC that is going to form next government and the people of this country.”
He however said the NPP would not succeed with this vile and cheap propaganda because it lacked merit.
The NPP Youth Activist Forum had alleged among other things “we are reliably informed that a twelve man contingent of assassins has been smuggled into the country through the Elubo border from Sierra Leone to amongst other things execute this heinous plot put together by some key people in the NDC.”
The supposed hit list is said to include names such as Rev. Dr. Mensah Otabil of the Intentional Central Gospel Church, Cardinal Peter Appiah Turkson of the Catholic Church, Rt. Rev. Dr. Yaw Frimpong Manso, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana and Apostle Dr. Micheal Ntumi, the immediate past Chairman of the church of Pentecost.
Adams indicated that the former President and the NDC have no time for any such thing but thinking of how to win power and solve the numerous challenges confronting the nation.
He therefore asked Ghanaians to treat the allegation with the contempt that it deserves since according to him, it does not contain an iota of truth.
According to him, this alone tells of the level of desperation in the NPP since he could not fathom why a government would sit in laxity for assassins to come into the country without any precautionary measures in place to detect their arrival.
He wondered why the NPP has decided to make such allegations at this point in time if not for the sake of vile propaganda to create disaffection for the NDC and win votes in the upcoming Presidential run-off.
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Earlier at the press conference, spokesman for the Youth Activist Forum, Kofi Boateng flanked by other members like Pius Enam Hadzide, Harry Afrim, Emmanuel Attafuah-Danso and Anold Boateng alleged that they had credible information which suggested that the supposed 12 assassins and former members of a rebel group now turned political party in Sierra Leone were being hosted by one Corporal Sharp and Captain Sowu at a hideout in Sogakope in the Volta region.
The group alleged among other things that the monies were being laundered into the country by the NDC at an alarming rate to fund their campaign.
“We are aware that under the cover of the recently held All African Students Union (AASU) awards, a Nigerian oil mafia descended in this country via a chartered flight and met the NDCs Running Mate at the La Palm hotel.”
At this meeting, it was alleged that Hon. John Mahama was given a huge amount to help the NDCs campaign efforts.
The NPP youth activists further alleged that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had also through illegal channels given the NDC a whopping $15million and in return the NDC had pledged Ghana’s oil find as a collateral, stressing “ two prominent members of the NDC left for Saudi Arabia incognito through Togo to bring in $2million.
Meanwhile, the NDC Running Mate has denied knowing and meeting any such person as a Nigerian oil mafia at the La Palm hotel let alone received an amount from him.
Whilst admitting that he had friends including Nigerian politicians some of whom have often lodged at the said hotel, he said he never received money from any of them to help fund the NDCs campaign.
He could not but laugh over the issue of the Venezuelan leader funding the NDC with a whopping $15million, stressing that, in its entire campaign process, the NDC has not spent over $4million.
Hon. Mahama thus described the allegations as a clear indication of desperation on the NPP to retain power and dared them to come out and substantiate the allegations with concrete evidence.
By Charles Takyi-Boadu
Posted: The Chronicle. Wednesday, December 17, 2008
The office of former President Jerry John Rawlings has dared the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and its assigns to provide adequate evidence to support claims that he is plotting to assassinate pastors who oppose the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Spokesman for the former President, Kofi Adams who spoke to The Chronicle in reaction to an earlier press conference organised by the Youth Activist Forum (YAF), an off-shoot of the NPP described the allegations as “an amateurish part of an NPP design to create disaffection between the NDC that is going to form next government and the people of this country.”
He however said the NPP would not succeed with this vile and cheap propaganda because it lacked merit.
The NPP Youth Activist Forum had alleged among other things “we are reliably informed that a twelve man contingent of assassins has been smuggled into the country through the Elubo border from Sierra Leone to amongst other things execute this heinous plot put together by some key people in the NDC.”
The supposed hit list is said to include names such as Rev. Dr. Mensah Otabil of the Intentional Central Gospel Church, Cardinal Peter Appiah Turkson of the Catholic Church, Rt. Rev. Dr. Yaw Frimpong Manso, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana and Apostle Dr. Micheal Ntumi, the immediate past Chairman of the church of Pentecost.
Adams indicated that the former President and the NDC have no time for any such thing but thinking of how to win power and solve the numerous challenges confronting the nation.
He therefore asked Ghanaians to treat the allegation with the contempt that it deserves since according to him, it does not contain an iota of truth.
According to him, this alone tells of the level of desperation in the NPP since he could not fathom why a government would sit in laxity for assassins to come into the country without any precautionary measures in place to detect their arrival.
He wondered why the NPP has decided to make such allegations at this point in time if not for the sake of vile propaganda to create disaffection for the NDC and win votes in the upcoming Presidential run-off.
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Earlier at the press conference, spokesman for the Youth Activist Forum, Kofi Boateng flanked by other members like Pius Enam Hadzide, Harry Afrim, Emmanuel Attafuah-Danso and Anold Boateng alleged that they had credible information which suggested that the supposed 12 assassins and former members of a rebel group now turned political party in Sierra Leone were being hosted by one Corporal Sharp and Captain Sowu at a hideout in Sogakope in the Volta region.
The group alleged among other things that the monies were being laundered into the country by the NDC at an alarming rate to fund their campaign.
“We are aware that under the cover of the recently held All African Students Union (AASU) awards, a Nigerian oil mafia descended in this country via a chartered flight and met the NDCs Running Mate at the La Palm hotel.”
At this meeting, it was alleged that Hon. John Mahama was given a huge amount to help the NDCs campaign efforts.
The NPP youth activists further alleged that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had also through illegal channels given the NDC a whopping $15million and in return the NDC had pledged Ghana’s oil find as a collateral, stressing “ two prominent members of the NDC left for Saudi Arabia incognito through Togo to bring in $2million.
Meanwhile, the NDC Running Mate has denied knowing and meeting any such person as a Nigerian oil mafia at the La Palm hotel let alone received an amount from him.
Whilst admitting that he had friends including Nigerian politicians some of whom have often lodged at the said hotel, he said he never received money from any of them to help fund the NDCs campaign.
He could not but laugh over the issue of the Venezuelan leader funding the NDC with a whopping $15million, stressing that, in its entire campaign process, the NDC has not spent over $4million.
Hon. Mahama thus described the allegations as a clear indication of desperation on the NPP to retain power and dared them to come out and substantiate the allegations with concrete evidence.
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