The General Secretary of the Opposition New Patriotic Party, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie has denied claims by the Africa Watch Magazine that one Nana Opoku Ofori-Atta who is alleged to be an ex-cocaine convict is a financier of the Party.
According to Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, as far as he is concerned �the so-called Nana Opoku is neither an NPP member nor a Financier by records at the party office.
The latest episode of the monthly magazine, African-Watch has published that the flagbearer of the NPP is faced with another stumbling block.
According to the magazine, �another top member of his inner circle has been tied to a criminal past involving drug trafficking. As a result some leading party figures want Akufo-Addo to clean his house�.
According to the magazine, the said Nana Opoku Ofori-Atta is a cousin of Nana Akuffo-Addo and a leading financier for the party in the 2008 general elections which has exacerbated the issue of drug tag against the opposition leader.
However, speaking to Asempa FM - Sir John noted that there is no record of the said Nana Opoku being the party�s financier, adding that in the 2008 elections, a lot of people contributed their quota to the campaign of the party so nobody can claim to be a sole financier.
�In fact I do not know him, I have never heard his name and don't even know him as a party member. There are no records of such nature so what is Africanwatch talking about� he said.
He emphasized that in the history or structures of the NPP, there is nothing like financier so the magazine�s publications should be treated with contempt.
�It is the contributions of individuals but not from a particular group".
He discounted claims by the magazine that because Nana Opoku is a cousin of Nana Addo, it will ruin the campaign adding that the NPP Flagbearer cannot be held responsible for any act caused by a family member.
He also rubbished claims by the magazine that Nana Addo�s family members are hijacking the party campaign.
He took a swipe at President Mills who is being described by the magazine as morally upright person, saying that Mills himself knows that it is not true. �Someone who will leave the wife and family to have another child outside his marriage cannot be described as morally upright� he asserted.
He added that "President Mills who is always engaged in political hypocrisy can never be morally upright�.