The Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has denied having a personal feud with the National Cathedral’s Secretary to the Board of Trustees, Reverend Victor Kusi Boateng.
He stressed that he doesn’t know Fr. Victor Kusi Boateng well enough to have ill will against him, adding that he’s simply acting in his legislative capacity in response to his campaign against the secretary of the National Cathedral Board of Trustees.
On July 13, the Supreme Human Rights Court rejected contempt charges brought by Fr. Kusi Boateng against the North Tongu MP.
Speaking on Eyewitness News after winning the court case, the vociferous lawmaker clarified, “It is also to emphasize that at the height of this running battle with Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng, it’s a conflict of interest discovery I made that while he sat on the board of the National Cathedral as Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng, he made payments to an entity, JNS Talent Centre Ltd, where he’s a director in the name of Kwabena Adu Gyamfi, with a separate identity, hoping that he will not be found out.”
“People shouldn’t forget the background, because some people have sought to create the impression that this is some personal battle or somebody I don’t like. Not at all, I don’t know him from Adam, it’s nothing personal”.
Ablakwa described the court ruling as a “victory for truth and victory for parliamentary oversight. What this means is that I can continue with the investigations and publications”.
Background
Mr. Ablakwa in his exposé alleged that JNS Talent Centre Ltd owned by Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng was paid some GH¢2.6 million to help build the National Cathedral, under the pseudonym name Kwabena Adu Gyamfi.
According to him, documents in his possession reveal that Kwabena Adu Gyamfi is the same as Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng who still serves on the National Cathedral Board as an Executive Council Member/Director.
But in a response to the allegations, Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng in a statement said Mr. Ablakwa’s claims are a “twisted narration of events”, and threatened to take the MP on.
He later filed an application against the MP, in which the High Court in Accra dismissed the charges.
And the latest dismissal of the charges against Ablakwa by Human Rights Court was ruled today.
