{"id":245633,"date":"2016-09-04T16:30:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-04T16:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=245633"},"modified":"2016-09-04T16:30:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T16:30:13","slug":"i-wont-name-my-bribers-prof-martey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/i-wont-name-my-bribers-prof-martey\/","title":{"rendered":"I won’t name my ‘bribers’ – Prof Martey"},"content":{"rendered":"
The\u00a0outgoing moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, \u00a0Rev. Professor Emmanuel Martey, has rejected calls on him\u00a0to name the people who allegedly offered him bribes to ‘silence’ him.<\/p>\n
According to Professor Martey, he had consistently stayed away from personalising his comments on issues and did not intend to change that trend despite the pressure on him to do so.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”8EEjoAdV3ZxXYX1tEFeDI1Ar1BeddkDk”]”They also say those who attempted to bribe professor Martey, if we give the names, we\u2019ll all be happy. But you go back, I\u2019ve been consistent. Never before have I mentioned any name, even those who mention my name and insult me,” he said while addressing a gathering at the Presbyterian College of Education at Abetifi in the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n
“I don\u2019t discuss personalities, I discuss issues. Issues of corruption, issues of bribery, issues of malfeasance, issues of reckless dissipation of public funds, issues of incompetence. I have never mentioned personalities because I don\u2019t discuss personalities.”<\/p>\n
The outspoken Moderator revealed last Tuesday, that he turned down several attempts by politicians to buy his conscience\u00a0with money and keep him from criticizing the government.<\/p>\n
He claimed that he had been offered gifts by politicians including 100,000 dollars and a Trasacco House, all of which he rejected<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n \u201cPoliticians had tried all means to muzzle me, to get me but they can\u2019t, they come with bribes, fat envelopes, $100,000.\u201d<\/p>\n He added that, some of these politicians also come with \u201cthe promises that if you keep quiet we will give you a house at Trasacco with swimming pool\u2026 We will give you Four Wheel drive [vehicle] but you know what; these people were lucky that I do not have big dogs in my house else I would have released the dogs for them to bite them,\u201d Professor Martey added.<\/p>\n However, a former Public Relations Officer of the church, Emmanuel Osei Akyeampong, has said that Professor Martey accepted the bribe of $100,000, a claim which has\u00a0since been denied<\/strong><\/a><\/span> by the Presbyterian Church.<\/p>\n