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The secretary to the board of trustees of the National Cathedral Secretariat, Rev Victor Kusi Boateng, has said North Tongu legislator Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has defamed him with claims that he acted criminally as far as the payment of some ¢2.6 million to a company of his is concerned.
According to the MP, Rev Kusi Boateng had the secretariat pay some GH₵2.6 to a company he owns – JNS Talent Centre Ltd – which allegedly runs a crèche in Dawhenya.
The directors of the company, Mr Ablakwa alleged, were Johannes Eshun, Sheila Eshun and Kwabena Adu Gyamfi.
On Monday, 16 January 2023, the North Tongu legislator disclosed that “there is no distinct Kwabena Adu Gyamfi. Kwabena Adu Gyamfi is a criminal creation of Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng. The two are, therefore, one and the same.”
“Rev. Kwabena Kusi Boateng AKA Kwabena Adu Gyamfi, sat on the Cathedral board and literally paid his own company a staggering GHS2.6 million for no work done,” he said.
In a statement, however, Rev Kusi Boateng, who is the founder and General Overseer of Power Chapel World, said Mr Ablakwa, who has petitioned the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice to probe the matter, has a malicious political agenda with his against him.
“I have taken note of some defamatory publications and allegations made against my person by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, MP for North Tongu. I am also informed that Mr Ablakwa has petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the said allegations he has levelled against me.
“I wish to assure the general public that the statements made by Mr Ablakwa are a twisted narration of events to pursue a malicious political agenda. There has never been any criminal intent nor any crime committed in my dealings with the Government of Ghana or the National Cathedral.
“I look forward to the (CHRAJ) enquiry during which I will present my side of the matter to the Commission. I will subsequently also address the matters fully in public without first seeking to prejudice the public mind as he has done. Additionally, when all is done, I will seek redress against Mr Ablakwa for his deliberate defamatory statements against me.”
