The Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu, did no wrong in accepting the bribe allegedly offered him by President John Dramani Mahama and his brother Ibrahim Mahama, an anti-corruption campaigner, Paul Collins Appiah Ofori, has said.
According to him, Mr Naabu took the bribe to be used as evidence against the givers and so he cannot be held liable in this situation.
His comments follow calls by a Deputy General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) that Mr Naabu should be arrested for admitting taking bribe from Mr Mahama and his brother.
The NPP on Tuesday 29 November alleged that President John Mahama and his brother, Ibrahim, in October this year attempted bribing Bugri Naabu, with two SUVs, separate amounts of GHS3.3million and GHS 500,000, as well as other mouth-watering goodies so that he (Bugri Naabu) would resign from the NPP and launch an acerbic tribal campaign against NPP flag bearer Nana Akufo-Addo by painting him as a “hater of northerners”.
Reacting to the allegation on 505 on Class91.3FM, Mr Anyidoho told Emefa Apawu: “It’s a criminal offence to be bribed under the laws of Ghana, so the police should pick up Bugri Naabu for taking bribe.”
He described the NPP’s allegation as a “cock and bull story”, “wild” and “lies”.
But reacting to the calls for the arrest of Bugri Naabu in an interview with Chief Jerry Forson, host of Ghana Yensom on Accra100.5FM on Wednesday November 30, Mr Appiah Ofori said: “It is when a receiver of a bribe receives it and keeps quiet on it that it becomes questionable. But there is nothing wrong with it if he takes the bribe and makes it public that someone has bribed him and that this is the evidence.”
He explained: “If I take a bribe and keep quiet about it then I am wrong on the matter. In this case when he, Bugri Naabu, took the bribe, he sent the money into an account to be used as evidence that this is what the president has done, and so for me, he (Mr Naabu) has done no wrong. It is those who gave the bribe who have done the wrong in this case.”
Source: classfmonline.com
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Thanks for telling us about the bribe, but I think the Police should now go for these bribe items or He himself should hand over the bribe items to the Police for further investigations. If this happens then I will believe the story, else I will consider it as one of the 'Kwaku Ananse' stories.
is this anyinodo guy really a secretary of the NDC. i am surprise at the way he talks. if the police shd take the NPP chairman because he said that he took a bribe well there is no problem with that but the one who paid the bribe shd also go to gail.
@ Otolio weren't you in this country when Akua Donkor was boosting of Cars and Houses given her by JDM. what other evidence are you waiting for...?????
Who say JDM can't do. Please what happened to ur late president Mills under JDM's watch. Giving bribes is nothing to JDM. Shine ur eye ghanaians.
You don't know what you are talking about...Wake up! Its not about one vote but the damage against Opposition leader is what president is interested in!... Mr Bugri Naabu is a Northern NPP chairman so think about it. ...why corrupt president Mahama is so desperate...You Ghanaians must think properly and call a spade a spade .Excuse me!
I WILL NEVER BELIEVE THIS STORY UNTILL PROVING SO. FOR A WHOLE PRESIDENT TO GIVE SUCH A BIG MONEY TO JUST ONE PERSON WHO HAS ONLY ONE VOTE WHILE MANNY OF HIS PARTY MEMBERS NEED MONEY SO BADLY. FORST OF ALL THE PRESIDENT SHOULD SPEAK TO THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND IF ITS NOT TRUE HE SHOULD MAKE THE SECUTY OF THE STATE GET INTO THE MATTER AND ALL THOSE INVOLVE MUST BE BROUGHT TO BOOK VERY HARD. I AM WAITING OR I WILL NOT VOTE. THE NPP ARE VERY SMART PEOPLE WHO CAN ACT IN ANY MANNER TO GET VOTES. LOOK AT THE TIME THIS STORY IS COMING OUT. IN THE LAST ELECTIONS THEY COOKED SOMETHING OUT THAT THERE IS A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE SHOT INCLUDING REV. OTABIL AND OTHERS JUST TO GET VOTES NOW THIS ONE. JUST SOME FEW DAYS AGO THE STATEMAN PUBLISHED THAT THE BNI HAD SAID PRESIDENT MAHAMA WILL LOOSE BUT WHEN BEN EFSON SAID THE NDC WILL THEY WENT AFTER HIM. EIIII WE MUST KNOW THE NPP BY NOW. BY THE WAY WHO IS BUGRI NAABU? DOES HE DESERVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO DAMAGE NANA ADDO?
This news is shocking.God save Ghana.please let us all vote for PPP.