The Director of Operations of Friends of Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings
(FONKAR), Ernest Owusu-Bempah, has categorically stated that the First Lady, Mrs.
Ernestina Naadu Mills, received $5 million out of gargantuan controversial
Woyome's money.
Obotantim Kwabena Kwakye,the host of the Oman FM Boiling Point programme, was
startled by the damning accusation when Owusu-Bempah began his
submission on last Thursday’s edition of the programme, failed in his
attempt to stop his guest from continuing.
He only managed to interject him briefly, but when his guest re-started, he spilled the beans beyond his control.
Daily guide could not authenticate the allegation, but Owusu-Bempah was insistent
that the First Lady benefited from the gargantuan amount of GH¢51.2 million judgement
debt payments.
The allegation was so weighty that panelists on the show took cover.
With the bombshell safely dropped during last Thursday’s version of the
bi-weekly programme, KK, as the host is affectionately called, quickly dissociated his
station from the claims.
The interest of listeners and that of other panelists on the programme
having been aroused wehn Owusu-Bempah repeated his horrifying submission, as
his colleague panelists listened in awe.
He seized the floor, leaving his colleagues on the programme
visibly savouring what could pass for a fresh bombshell to the ongoing
Alfred Agbesi Woyome scandal.
By the time he had finished making the allegation, his host and other
discussants on the programme were left perplexed by the weight off what
they heard: “I, Ernest Owusu-Bempah do hereby stated that Mrs. Naadu
Mills collected $5 million from the Woyome judgment debt, an amount
which he got with no contract arrangement with the government of Ghana,”
he said in Twi.
It was his umpteenth attack on the Mills administration, but perhaps
one of the most abrasive, exerting pressure on the First Lady or even
the Presidency, to parry it one way or the other through a convincing
statement. So far this had not come. The First couple was on an official
visit to the United States.
After dropping the bombshell, Mr. Owusu-Bempah took leave of the Madina
Junction studios of the radio station well after 10:00pm but as he did,
a security challenge awaited him not too far away from the place.
The host of the programme said it all when he cut in with the following
announcement: “Two vehicles had sandwiched Owusu-Bempah’s car in a
manner which raised eyebrows. If Owusu-Bempah feels unsafe let him
return to the studios.”
In the end, nothing untoward happened and he reached home safely. He later said he outwitted some persons who trailed him.
Owusu-Bempah, a strong supporter of the Rawlingses, had fired several
allegations against top members of the NDC , but none of them had rejoined so far
Late last year, he accused a top NDC man of having a father who was
arrested for stealing cassava from a farm. The man, a palm wine tapper,
was called Akiti Boge.
Still bitter about the ordeal the Rawlingses suffered during the
Sunyani Congress of the NDC, he was always charging at those who
orchestrated it, pointing out that the former First Couple were minding
their own business and nowhere near joining the NDC campaign team.
Owusu-Bempah insisted that President Mills said he did not need the
support of former President Rawlings because he was a winnable
candidate, a claim the president’s men had since denied.
The FONKAR boy recently engaged Koku Anyidohu in a war of obscene words
after the Presidential spokesperson hurled the first stone when he said
the President’s critics had rotten teeth, after the kenkey buying visit
to come markets at Nima and Mamobi.
Owusu-Bempah responded swiftly, using words and expressions that were unprintable.
His words, “We in FONKAR will determine who becomes the next
President”, continued to resonate across the political turf even as new
posters and campaign materials of Konadu were all over town and some at
Tema Port for clearing.
Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings was still keeping her cards to her chest
as she told Bola Ray of Joy FM on Thursday night that it was too
premature to rule her out of the 2012 presidential race.
KK’s efforts and his eventual submission to the charged Owusu-Bempah
made interesting listening as it kept listeners glued to the programme.
The allegation was preceded by Owusu-Bempah’s accusation of the mills
government as representing corruption of the highest order.
The drama-studded submission started thus: “I am saying it that the
First Lady Mrs. Naadu Mills collected 5 million,” at which point KK cut
in “stop it…you do not have evidence to back the allegation. This
station dissociates itself from it”.
Owusu-Bempah however retorted: “I am responsible for what I am going to
say. I won’t say what is not true. I know what I am saying.”
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