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Hon. Kwadwo Baah Agyeman, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Asanti-Akim North Constituency in the Ashanti Region has flatly denied any involvement in a secret recording, on which the Minority Leader of Parliament is heard lamenting the misuse of party funds, in the lead up to the 2012 general elections. Speaking to the issue on NEAT 100.9 FM from Canada where he is on a short visit, the NPP MP expressed shock at the fact that he has been associated with the secret recording due to the fact that he has never been to any caucus meeting, where the Minority Leader, Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah made those assertions, with regards to the opposition New Patriotic Party�s (NPP) 2012 campaign funds. �..I am very surprised as to why anyone would want to put this on me because I have never attended any caucus meeting and neither do I have any reason to secretly record the Minority Leader,� he said. This was in reaction to an allegation by a group calling itself, "NPP for Victory 2016". A press release by the group fingered Hon. Kwadwo Baah Agyeman and Hon. Collins Owusu Amankwah, the MP for Manhyia North as culprits behind the doctored tape. According to the group, after a careful investigation and analysis, the two NPP MPs recorded their leader in Parliament during an open address to party elders at the Beauty Queen Hotel in Kumasi. �It is really unfortunate such a harmless speech was recorded and deliberately doctored by Hon Collins Owusu Amankwah and Hon. Kwadwo Baah Agyemang to misinform the public. �After embarking on this divisive mission and realizing the harm caused, the above MPs sneaked secretly to our office to solicit for our help in apologizing to Hon. Kyei Mensah Bonsu,� the statement read. NPP for Victory 2016 further cautioned the �two MPs and anyone who has the intention to emulate their dubious acts to desist from it or prepare to face the consequences�. But to Hon. Kwadwo Baah Agyemang, these accusations by the group fall flat in the face of the statements of the Minority Leader, who emphatically stated he made the statements during a Minority Caucus meeting and not in a Hotel in Kumasi, as the group wants the world to believe.