{"id":16843,"date":"2020-08-09T12:54:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T12:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=16843"},"modified":"2020-08-09T12:54:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T12:54:20","slug":"how-i-rejected-mahamas-bribe-in-2012-and-2016-owusu-bempah-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16843","title":{"rendered":"How I rejected Mahama\u2019s bribe in 2012 and 2016 \u2013 Owusu Bempah claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Communications Director for the Ghana Gas Company Limited, Ernest Owusu Bempah has alleged that John Dramani Mahama tried to buy his silence in 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to him, at the time, he was a serious proponent of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)<\/a> and its policies and programmes and its administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Bempah said the former President felt threatened by his advocacy because it was making him unpopular and therefore tried to buy his silence but he rejected the bribe three consecutive times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven people in the NDC are aware I cannot be bought. John Mahama in 2016 packed money in a Ghana must go bag and gave it to someone to bribe me but I did not fall for that. I outrightly rejected the money. I don\u2019t want to mention the person\u2019s name but I rejected them three times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen NDP was going to be formed, they came to Kumasi wanting to bribe me but I rejected them. If it were money, I was looking for like I will be like the people who were part of FONKA but have gone to take money but I\u2019m here. They brought money for me to stop criticizing the then President and stop following Akufo-Addo because Mahama is not happy. But I\u2019ve stood on my ground so for me it\u2019s not about Owusu Bempah will say this or that. Everybody knows me and I\u2019ve been consistent and I\u2019ve been straight forward with my politics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He noted that Ghanaians will maintain the working Akufo-Addo government the grounds are good and Ghanaians want to keep Akufo-Addo in power to finish the good work he has started across the country to the benefit of the Ghanaian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n