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�If it is not true that President Mahama invited me to his office and tried to offer me a ministerial appointment, then God should let something terrible happen to me and die a painful death. But if it is indeed true that the President called me to his office to discuss about the appointment and his aides are saying it never happened, then God should let a terrible thing happen�� That was how Ghana�s anti-corruption crusader, Paul Collins Appiah Ofori responded to the insults and denials by the aides of President John Dramani Mahama that the President had at no time met him to offer him an appointment. The former MP was apparently not happy about the insulting comments made by the presidential boys, who had been running him down since he went public about attempts by President Mahama to offer him a position in his government. The Spokesperson for the President John Jinapor, on Monday, wrote on his Facebook wall, �His Excellency President John Mahama has at no point offered Mr. P. C. Appiah Ofori any ministerial appointment, let alone to champion anti-corruption administration in his government. As politicians we must learn to speak the truth at all times, no matter the consequences and endeavour to desist from such blatant cum naked lies.� Stan Dogbe, a presidential aide, also wrote �Elderly people are to be respected and revered but it does not also mean they should go about lying. President John Mahama has at no point or time offered former MP, P.C. Appiah a Ministerial appointment, let alone for him to champion anti-corruption in his administration. That claim explain why he put out such falsehood. He did request to meet the President, which opportunity was granted him.� However, speaking on Sunyani-based Ark Fm, the same network he dropped the earlier revelation, the former Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa MP, yesterday went to town cursing the two spokespersons of the president, and describing them as �lunatics� for calling him names. �The boy that wrote that thing about me (on his facebook wall) has shortened his life,: apparently referring to Stan Dogbe, who claimed that Mr. Appiah Ofori rather requested to meet the President. �God should let me suffer and die a terrible death if indeed the president did not invite me and attempted to offer me an appointment, and if indeed I was invited by the president then they should suffer and die shameful deaths,� he declared in an angry tone. He added: �They should have asked the President whether he had not invited me to his house before they came public.� According to Mr. Appiah Ofori, he had no business booking an appointment to meet the President, saying �God should forbid that I will book an appointment to meet the president.�