Former Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has stated that the Minister for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye-Ofosu, did not lie in the matter of the suspicious flight saga, but only provided a piece of incorrect information based on the briefing he might have received.
Speaking on how Mr Kwakye-Ofosu has been handling communications regarding the alleged suspicious flights linked to illicit drug trafficking and money laundering, he said Mr Kwakye-Ofosu was doing a “very difficult work.”
“Look at this Air Med matter… I don’t think he cooked up that story. I believe it was a brief he was given. I will defend my brother Felix any day that he is not a liar, and that he is coming to sit there and lie. It is the information that he was given, and he has put out that information and that information is not correct,” he argued while discussing the case on JoyPrime’s Prime Morning Show on Wednesday, April 9.
He highlighted that government communication is a challenging task, drawing on his own experience as a former Minister of Information.
The immediate past Minister for Works and Housing also explained that there is no way the minister could know whether the information he is briefed on is true or false, and therefore, it is important not to view him as spreading false information about the development.
Mr Oppong Nkrumah added that those who briefed him could have provided false information, and if that happens, “How would he know? You are only a government spokesperson, so you will mouth these words and then people will say this guy is a liar.”
He emphasised, “Felix is doing a very difficult job, I wish him well.”
The Ofoase-Ayirebi MP’s view on the matter is contrary to the position of some of his party members who believe Mr Kwakye-Ofosu deliberately churned out falsehood, including Rev. Ntim Fordjour, the Assin South MP and Ranking Member on Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee who first made the allegations about the flights under scrutiny.
Mr Kwakye-Ofosu in a video news release said the MP was churning out lies and that he had no evidence to back his claims.
He insisted that the flights in question carried out legitimate responsibilities in Ghana and that they carried no cocaine or illicit money as alleged by the MP.
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