Story: Della Russel Ocloo & Sebastian Syme
A former football administrator, Mr Herbert Mensah, who claims to have a tape which reveals the President's intention to expend GH¢90 million on the National Democratic Congress (NDC) primary, has failed to produce the tape upon questioning by officials of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI).
Mr Mensah, a friend of the Rawlingses, was invited to the offices of the BNI at about 9 a.m. Monday and questioned up to 5:15 p.m. about the allegation, a development which prompted members of Friends of Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings (FONKAR), a group which is rooting for Nana Konadu’s flag-bearer aspirations, to raise concerns over what they described as “unduly holding” Mr Mensah for such a long period.
After the BNI had finished with its questioning, Mr Mensah, who is also a businessman, was released on an enquiry bail to report himself to the BNI today for further questioning.
According to a Deputy Minister of Information, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, he had information to the effect that Mr Mensah had been questioned and his statement accordingly taken, in the company of his lawyer.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic, Mr Ablakwa said Mr Mensah was released by the BNI about 6.45 p.m. yesterday and that he (Mr Mensah) would continue to give further information on his allegations today.
Mr Mensah’s invitation by the BNI followed allegations he made that President Mills was influencing delegates with huge sums of money in his attempt to win the flagbearership of the NDC.
Mr Mensah alleged on an Accra private radio station that he had picked up a security tape which suggested that GH¢90 million was being transferred to boost the chances of the President at the July congress of the party.
President Mills denied the claims and called for a thorough probe to help unravel the truth or otherwise of the allegations.
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