Public Relations Officer (PRO) of
the church, George Larbi revealed on Adom FM’s Morning Show, ‘Dwaso Nsem’
Wednesday that the firebrand Moderator, after being approached by the
politician, came to the office and narrated the whole issue to persons in his
office.
“The Moderator told us in the office
and even named the politician who brought the V8 and other gifts to him, the
person is a known politician in Ghana…,” he revealed.
Rt Rev Prof Martey, who is leaving
office at the end of November 2016, is in the news for claiming at a press
conference that some politicians tried gagging him with an amount of $100,000, a V8 and
a house at Trasacco.
“They wanted to bribe me with
$100,000 with promises that if you keep quiet, we will give you a house at
Trasacco with swimming pool. Four wheel drive [but] these people were lucky I
did not have big dogs in my house else I would have released the dogs to bite
them,” he said at the press conference.
The claim of the Moderator has been
disputed by a former PRO of the church, Dr. Emmanuel Osei Acheampong who
insists Prof Martey took the money and the vehicle offered by the politician.
“In July 28, 2013, around 8:15pm, he
(Prof Martey) invited me to the office of one of the leading opposition parties
not the ruling government, when I got there he had received the 100,000 dollars
and a V8 he is claiming to have rejected. And he gave me 50,000 dollars, I am
speaking on authority that he received the money,” he said on Accra-based
Kasapa FM.
However, the current PRO insisted
that, the former PRO who was sacked a month before the said meeting took place,
was only attempting to throw dust into the eyes of the public on the
personality of Prof Martey.
“I have worked with him for two
years and I can boldly hit my chest to say that he is not someone who is
corrupt and will fall for corrupt acts…his problem is that he is just not happy
with some of the things that happen in the Ghanaian society…,” he said.
He therefore pleaded with ‘my
brother’ (Dr Acheampong) who he said was still a member of the Presbyterian
Church of Ghana to desist from misleading the public.
Asked if he can name the politician
who approached Prof Martey with the gifts, George Larbi said he has not been
mandated to come public with the name but was sure the Moderator would in due
course name that notable politician who attempted to stuff his mouth with
expensive gifts to shut him up.
“He has not mandated me to come out
with the name, if at a certain time he wants to come public with the name,
he would come out himself and publicly name the person,” he said.
On the leadership style of Prof
Martey, George Larbi said the Man of God has never had problems with persons or
political parties, but only concerned about how the country is governed.
The desire to see the best for the
country, he said, is what forces Prof Martey to openly come out and criticize
the government.
“Professor Martey as a person
doesn’t have a problem with opposition parties and governments in power…he
simply has a problem with governance…,” he added.
Prof Martey, he added, does not only
criticize the government in power but opposition parties as well when they go
wrong.
“When Jake bought his bungalow, he
condemned it, during NPP internal wrangling, he criticized that as well and
when Mahama Adams died through an acid attack, he again lambasted the NPP, so
why are they not talking about that too?,” he quizzed.
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Credit: Adomonline
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