North Tongu, Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has accused the secretary to the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral of Ghana, Rev Victor Kusi Boateng, of providing false information under oath.
Ablakwa alleges that Rev Victor Kusi Boateng misled the court through a Statutory Declaration in which he declared a change of name and date of birth.
In the Statutory Declaration, Rev Kusi Boateng claimed that his original name at birth was Kwabena Adu Gyamfi and that he adopted the name Victor Kusi Boateng during his tenure as a pastor.
“The name given to me at birth is Kwabena Adu Gyamfi and that is the name that close family and friends know me by. In the course of my work as Preacher of the Gospel, I became known as Victor Kusi Boateng, in honour of my late father.
“I have since been referred to as Victor Kusi Boateng in my public life for which reason some documents of mine have referred to me as such. I am the same person referred to as Kwabena Adu Gyamfi and Victor Kusi Boateng,” parts of Rev Kusi Boateng’s declaration reads.
He also indicated that the September 7, 1971 date of birth on his documents bearing the name Victor Kusi Boateng was a mistake.
“In processing some documents bearing the name Victor Kusi Boateng, my date of birth was stated as 7th September 1971 instead of 30th December 1969 as reflected in my passport,” it added.
But according to Mr Ablakwa, the information provided by Kusi Boateng to the court was false as the records from the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) indicate that the pastor was referred to as Victor Kusi Boateng during his school years and not during his time as a pastor, as he claimed.
“We write to confirm that, in respect of the GCE ‘O’ Level examination conducted in 1989, T. I. Ahmadiyya Secondary School, Kumasi, presented a candidate by the name BOATENG, KUSI VICTOR.
“We are however unable to report on the Date of Birth of the said candidate because the Council does not have information pertaining to the date of birth for all GCE ‘O’ Level candidates,” parts of a response WAEC gave to Ablakwa after his request for information reads.
On Rev Kusi Boateng’s claim that his September 7, 1971 date of birth was wrong, the MP said that the pastor recently celebrated his 50th birthday on September 7.
He shared a post from Rev Kusi Boateng’s church, Power Chapel, celebrating the pastor on his 50th birthday on September 7, 2021.
Mr Ablakwa also shared pictures from Rev Kusi Boateng’s 50th birthday celebration which was attended by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and his wife, Samira Bawumia and other notable Ghanaians.
