Former Deputy Energy Minister, Kwabena Tahir Hammond has debunked suggestions he (KT Hammond) �wept� when he appeared before the judgment debt Commission on Monday.
According to him, what they perceived as �tears� was rather a display of how �emotional� he was when he was giving evidence regarding the whereabouts of US$3.5Million of US$24Million realised from the sale of a drillship in 2001.
Dr. Sekou Nkrumah, youngest son of Ghana�s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah is reported to have called on the former Deputy Minister to spare Ghanaians his �crocodile tears�. His comment follows the teary-eyed evidence session by Hon K.T. Hammond as he complained to the Commission about how bad press concerning his role in the vessel�s sale was virtually �killing his mother�.
�My mother is dying because of this,� KT Hammond sniveled.
Another member of the ruling National Democratic Congress, Samuel George Nettey, on Metro TV opined that KT Hammond �wept� because the evidence he gave was totally false.
But speaking on Asempa FM, the former Deputy Energy Minister pointed out that because he is a man, he will never cry in such circumstances.
�I wasn�t crying. I am a man, why should I cry? I was emotional and displaying one�s emotion is different from crying. I was just sad because people are failing to tell the truth about the sale of the Drill Ship. I never cried. The last time I cried was when my father died,� he said.
Source: King Edward Ambrose Washman Addo/ Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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