Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Daniel Bugri Naabu, has opened up on the allegation that President John Mahama attempted to bribe him with millions of cedis and cars.
Mr Bugri Naabu boasted he cannot be bribed with cars and money because he started driving expensive cars at a time that President Mahama was a secondary school student.
“What is 500,000 [Ghana cedis]? What is a car? Me, when I started buying cars; expensive cars, John Mahama was a student.
He was a student at Ghana College,” he said. He made the comments when he received some regional and constituency executives of the All People’s Party at his residence in Tamale Wednesday evening, TV3’s Zubaida Ismail reported.
The executives have endorsed the NPP’s presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for the December 7 elections.
The NPP on Tuesday alleged at a news conference in Accra that President Mahama and his brother, Ibrahim Mahama, attempted to bribe Mr Bugri Naabu to resign from the NPP, paint Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as a dictator and damage him “beyond electability”.
According to the party, Mr Bugri Naabu at a meeting with the President and his brother on October 28, 2016 handed cash of GHC500,000 and promised additional GHC3.3 million, a V6 Mitsubishi vehicle and a brand new V8 Land cruiser.
The Mitsibushi was given him on November 2, 2016. The NDC has since rubbished the allegations, describing it as a cock and bull story intended to cause disaffection for President Mahama who is seeking re-election for a second term.
‘I don’t need bribe’ Commenting on the issue for the first time, Mr Bugri Naabu said: “He [Mahama] himself told me that, I was having some cars, Motorolas and others the day he was presenting the 500,000 to me and the car, so what is he talking about? What are they talking about?” Mr Bugri Naabu told his critics, including Dr Hassan Ayariga who called for his arrest, that he does not need bribe, indicating that if he did, he would have pocketed the money and other goodies, and done what was expected of him.
“Ayariga says I should be arrested and that I have taken bribe. I don’t need bribe. If I need bribe, I would have pocket the money they give me and the cars and the promise of the other money, which [was] suppose to come [and] I would have done it [sic]” an angry Mr Bugri Naabu added. He questioned those who are giving excuses that the money and the car were gift from the President and his brother, saying “if John Mahama wanted to give me money, he would have given me since he became the vice and president”.
Mr Bugri Naabu wondered President Mahama decided to give him the money and the car at a time that Ghana is going into elections because he had all the time that he became vice president and later president to have done so.
“Is it today that he [President Mahama] knows that I need money. Is it today? I asked him that day. You [Mahama] said I’ve run away, I said you led me because you were all the time, all of you including your brothers, we were together, Why do you get power, to talk to you is a problem? Today that you’re failing, you’re asking me to come? I wont come,” he said.
He said Nana Akufo-Addo who is making his third attempt at the presidency in this year’s election, is the only one who has a vision to get Ghana out of its economic challenges hence would not trade that for anything.
Source: 3news.com
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ALMIGHTY GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY MR. NAABU. GOD BLESS NPP. GOD BLESS NANA AKUFFO ADDO. NANA BEBA. CHANGE IS COMING.THANK YOU MR. BUGRI NAABU.
Some of these NDC-Ministers demonstrate quite often thier narrow mindedness especially when it comes to speaking to issues argumentatively. They do that because their main objective is in the first place, to dispute and discredit facts to protect the NDC-Administration. And indeed, they do that hazardously and desperately. At the end of the day you realize that, they rather, damage the very person they seek to protect.This worst case Scenario depicts sycophancy at its best. You see, let assume that this attempt to bribe Bugiri bothers on, or seem to harm, the Party he faithfully belongs to. And so he kept his own council and realized that at least he needed some documents to refer the case to his Party. At this point in time, no sane person can fault Mr Bugiri for, to have received a bribe for his personal benefit.
Curse is the man who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person; and all the people shall say; Amen! Deut:27:25
WHAT HAS THE SO CALL PRESIDENT DONE FOR HIS PEOPLE ASIDE POOR WATER N POOR ROADS EVEN IN IS HOMETOWN. THEY DID BRIBE HIM. AKUA DONKOR IS ONE, HANSSAN AYARIGA IS ONE SO WHAT CANT THEY DO AGAIN
MR. BUGRI DONT WORRY THE DAY OF RE CONNING WILL CATCH UP WITH YOU AND MUSTAPHA HAMID SOON. FOR NOW YOU CAN RUN YOUR MOUTH FOR THOSE BLOCK HEADED AND LITTLE MINDS WHO KNOWS NOTHING BEYOUNG NPP TO BE PRAISING YOU. I AM SORRY FOR YOU AND SOME OF YOUR BROTHERS FROM THE NORTH. THE NPP PROPAGANDA IS SO INCOMPETENT TO LURE YOU TO COME AND FAKE THIS LIES WHICH CAN NOT STAND ANY COMMONSENSE AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS. JUST WAIT.THE DAY THE FROG WILL DIE IT IS THEN THAT EVERYBODY WILL KNOW IT ACTUAL LENGTH.GOOD LUCK.BY THE WAY I AM A FLOATING VOTER. I NEED SOME TOYOTA SALON CAR MR. IBRAHIM MAHAMAH.([email protected]
The man is lying, you can feel it. What else can he say. JM Toaso
Is Ghana a property for Mahama, his family and friends. This is shocking! Such an unintelligent criminal and mediocre ruling Ghana! He steals the country's scanty resources and dash cars, or houses or both to chiefs, cheap politicians such as Akua Donkor and almost illiterate Ayariga who pride himself with an illegal PhD, journalists such as Mr. Pratt. And he's trying hard to corrupt everybody? Oh No! Well, once again, Ghanaians have another glorious opportunity to pack him. Let's see what they will use it!
May Allah bless you and your family mr.Bugri Baabu.You have really shown that you cannot be bought with our own money that could have been used for development. Thank you , thank you once again .......may the Lord Richly bless you and your entire family
Mr Regional NPP chairman. You started buying expensive car when Mahama wasnt a president and what have you done for your people in the North. When they were living in poverty, you were buying expensive cars! Shame unto you! It is people like you who's selfish interest has made the three northern region stay behind the other regions. Shame unto you.
God bless you Mr. Bugri Naabu.