A Ghanaian journalist who was at the forefront of reports in 1998 alleging that former President Jerry John Rawlings had received $5 million from late Nigerian President, Sani Abacha, has punched holes into Mr.\u00a0Rawlings’ sudden confession that he only received $2 million.<\/p>\n
Although former President Rawlings admitted in an interview with the Guardian Newspaper in Nigeria that he did receive money from the Nigerian leader, he stated that\u00a0he only received $2 million dollars, instead of the $5 million alleged 18 years ago.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”RgT9aAImp3RVtIHtqup1HaLrc1km4Hf2″]But the journalist, William Nyarko, who worked with The Ghanaian Chronicle Newspaper at the time, said information he gathered then indicated that former president Rawlings may have received $5 million dollars.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>, William Nyarko said Mr. Rawlings’ claim\u00a0may not be entirely true.<\/p>\n According to Mr. Nyarko, in 1998 when the matter came up, he went to Nigeria to make contact with a source, one Guazo, the man alleged to have delivered the money to Rawlings.<\/p>\n He said Guazo was under house arrest at the time, and was being guarded by state security services in his village which was near Kano.<\/p>\n This Mr. Nyarko said was a problem for him in gaining access to him,\u00a0but he said he \u201cused all kinds of undercover tricks to get access to Guazo.”<\/p>\n According to Mr. Nyarko, he spoke to\u00a0Guazo and “he [Guazo], insisted that he gave President Rawlings $5 million. It is interesting that the former President said he only received $2 million…\u00a0We would still say that he alleged that he gave President Rawlings $5 million because you and I weren\u2019t there,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n Background<\/strong><\/p>\n