{"id":273728,"date":"2016-12-02T18:48:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T18:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=273728"},"modified":"2016-12-02T18:48:03","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T18:48:03","slug":"bugri-naabu-to-return-mahamas-alleged-bribe-nana-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=273728","title":{"rendered":"Bugri Naabu to return Mahama\u2019s alleged bribe \u2013 Nana Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) Northern Regional Chairman, Daniel Bugri Naabu, has promised to return the supposed bribe allegedly given to him by President John Dramani Mahama and his brother, Ibrahim Mahama.<\/p>\n

Making the revelation in an interview with Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Umaru Sanda Amadu on Friday, the Presidential Candidate of the NPP, Nana Akufo-Addo, said Bugri Naabu accepted the bribe from the president as a proof of\u00a0his claim.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”5XI7LPpgmfiJgy1osgHYNbz0OSZbAt2u”]\u201cHe himself has decided what he is going to do with it\u2026that he will return the money, that is my understanding; that is what he has told me. That he is going to return the money. He kept the money for proof; but now that the matter has come out he intends to return the money. \u00a0He told me the story about this matter before it became public,\u201d Akufo-Addo added.<\/p>\n

Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

The NPP at a press conference addressed by Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s Spokesperson, Mustapha Hamid, alleged that the President and his brother tried to bribe Bugri Naabu with a brand new V6 Mitsubishi, a brand New V8 Land Cruiser and GHc 3.3 million for him to resign from his party and further paint Nana Akufo-Addo as a dictator and \u201can anti-northerner.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAround the same time, Ibrahim Mahama had tried to convince Bugri with money to leave the NPP to become a chief after Daniel Bugri Naabu\u2019s uncle died, but Bugri refused,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\"bugri-naabu-mahama-bribe\"<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to the President, Bugri should paint Akufo-Addo as a rabid anti-northern person who could never be trusted to advance the people of the north\u2026 he was supposed to say that Akufo-Addo was knocking the head of one northerner against the other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bribery claim against Mahama \u2018cock and bull story<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the National\u00a0Coordinator of President Mahama\u2019s 2016 election campaign, Kofi Adams, has rubbished the claims, describing them as \u201ccock and bull stories<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWho in his mind collects money he says it\u2019s bribe; and goes and deposit in his account. He didn\u2019t find any police station to take that money that he considers as a bribe. He didn\u2019t find any person to witness that he took the money and was going round and looking for a Prudential bank that works on Saturday to go and deposit the money. This cock and bull stories should be told to only NPP members and not Ghanaians in generality.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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