When he appeared before the committee of inquiry, Joe Osei Owusu said he was angered by the allegation but in a “conclave” with Mr. Ablakwa, Mahama Ayariga, Joseph Yieleh Chireh and some MPs , Mr. Ablakwa said they were only “spreading the corruption allegation”, which elicited laughter from those who were in the room. He said the atmosphere in the room was charged but the admission by Ablakwa calmed down “tempers” because “I had insisted that the allegation should be investigated”. He could not however tell if the North Tongu MP was joking or serious when he “confessed that they put that (allegation) out as equalization”. But he noted that in the lobby of Parliament, Mr. Ablakwa repeated his confession in the presence of the MP for Adansi Asokwa, K.T Hammond that the Minority wanted Mr. Agyarko to feel the “heat Mahama faced” when he (Agyarko) called the former leader corrupt. When asked why he did not press for investigation, Mr. Joe Osei Owusu said he “considered it to be one of the political games and wanted it to go”. However he became incensed when Mahama Ayariga went on radio stations to continue to peddle “untruth about me”, he indicated. He was emphatic that he never took money from anyone or discussed anything that has to do with money with any member of the Appointments Committee. By Isaac Essel |editors.3news.com |Ghana
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