Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, also known as Abronye DC, has refuted allegations made against him by the National Security Ministry in its recent statement.
In the statement, National Security dismissed claims allegedly made by Abronye DC during an interview on Wontumi TV, where he was said to have accused the leadership of Organised Labour of demanding a bribe to call off a planned strike.
The ministry described these allegations as “baseless and unfounded,” stating that no financial demands were made during its engagement with Organised Labour.
It urged the public to disregard such claims.
However, in a rejoinder, Abronye sought to set the record straight, emphasising that he never made such allegations during his conversation with Wontumi TV.
He denied implicating the leadership of Organised Labour, clarifying that the individual he referred to was the Deputy Secretary-General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Joshua Ansah.
According to Abronye, Ansah demanded a substantial sum of five million Ghana Cedis (GHC 5 million) from certain members of the ruling NPP to prevent Organised Labour from staging demonstrations against the government.
He further claimed that, upon the refusal of this demand, Joshua Ansah developed a personal dislike for the party, leading him to allegedly attempt to tarnish the NPP’s reputation.
“In the said interview, I made an emphatic and true statement that, Joshua Ansah (in person) and not the leadership of Organised Labour demanded five million Ghana cedis from some members of the New Patriotic Party in order to curtail Organised Labour demonstrations against the Government and the Party since we are in an election year.
I continued by stating that, because that request was turned down, Joshua Ansah has developed some form of hatred against the NPP government and therefore has decided to make the NPP government unpopular…” he noted.
Abronye also expressed disappointment with the National Security Ministry’s “knee-jerk reaction” in issuing a response without first verifying the accuracy of the claims.
He suggested that the ministry should have reviewed the recordings of the interview to confirm the truth before making any public statements.
“As a respected Ministry, I suggest the Minister should have called for the recordings of the said interview to ascertain the veracity, or accuracy of the false complaint lodged by the corrupt General Secretary of the Organised Labour,” he added.