Alleged bribe: NPP released 'doctored' video to dismiss 'authentic' one - Sammy Gyamfi

Enoch Darfah Frimpong Politics Dec - 02 - 2020 , 15:41 3 minutes read

The Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Sammy Gyamfi says members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) deliberately released a "doctored" video as a ploy for the public to dismiss the "authentic" video which alleges bribery against President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

Mr Sammy Gyamfi said this at a press conference in Accra Wednesday [December 2, 2020] afternoon.

Kweku Baako's version

Already, the Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako says the video in circulation on social media alleging bribery against President Akufo-Addo was recorded in October 2016.

He said it was recorded by Salis Yakubu Atsuluwo, at a time President Akufo-Addo was campaigning to become President in the 2016 elections.

He indicated the said money, GH¢40,000 was offered as part of political party campaign support and that it was not true that it was US$40,000 as being alleged in the second video.

He also added that it was not bribe as alleged in the second video published by the Salis newspaper owned by Salis Yakubu.

Speaking on Accra based Peace FM's Kookrokoo morning programme on Wednesday, [Watch video below from 1:41:20 onwards], Mr Baako said Salis Yakubu used to work with Anas Aremeyaw Anas's Tiger Eye P.I. but has since parted ways with Anas.

He said Salis did not know that the original video was available to us [Kweku Baako and others] "so we released it to expose his doctored one," he said.

He said when they [Baako and others] got hints that Salis was going to release what he said was doctored to make it look like President Akufo-Addo took bribe, they decided to release the first version, which he insisted was the original.

Sammy Gyamfi's version

Addressing the press conference Wednesday afternoon, Mr Sammy Gyamfi insisted the recording was done in 2017.

He named the person who did the recording as Yakubu Suale to counter what Kweku Baako said was Salis Yakubu Atsulowo.

He confirmed Yakubu was working with Anas Aremeyaw Anas and that the recording was done at a time Yakubu was still working with Anas, but he [Gyamfi] cannot tell if the recording was done with Anas's approval.

He said Yakubu became friends with Kennedy Agyapong after he parted ways with Anas and that he was the one behind Kennedy Agyapong's "Who watches the watchman."

Reacting to concerns on the timeless for the recording of the video, Sammy Gyamfi insisted that there is another version of the recording, which he will later make available and that in that video, which has no audio, the person [Yakubu] who recorded it, President Akufo-Addo and Ambassador Barwuah sitting in the same office were captured and the camera captured the date.

Click this link to watch the NDC press conference

Watch the video below showing Baako [1:42:32 onwards] discussing the issue on Peace FM Wednesday morning.

Watch the NDC press conference below

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