Abacha $2m Saga: Rawlings Lying – GCPP

Leader of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), Dr Henry Lartey, has threatened to drag former President Jerry John Rawlings before the Commission on Human and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to test his self-acclaimed incorruptibility, saying the former military ruler lied to Ghanaians and Africa about some monies he received from some African leaders in the past.

Dr Lartey has charged the former president to come clear on his recent comments during an interview with the Daily Graphic that he was not corrupt and his integrity was intact and unshakeable following allegations that he received some $2million from late Nigerian leader Sani Abacha.

Addressing a press conference in Accra on Wednesday July 27, Dr Lartey dared the former President to make himself available to investigations, if, in fact, he was incorruptible as he claimed.

“…We will take JJ Rawlings to CHRAJ for him to come and account to Ghanaians. Probity and accountability; we want to hear from him, so founder, come and tell us, please come and tell us how clean you are. We want to [ask]: ‘Are you clean, JJ Rawlings?’ Read my lips – JJ Rawlings, are you clean? If you are, don’t let us go to CHRAJ; you yourself, go to CHRAJ and say: this is my situation. We asked questions and he says: ‘Posterity will judge me.’ No, we want to judge you now, not posterity…” Dr Lartey stated.

“How much did Gaddafi give him? We know he was close to Gaddafi. How much did Gaddafi give him that we are not aware of? Probity now, not posterity. We [GCPP] want to win this power and help Ghanaians. We want to stop corruption now with JJ Rawlings. He is the father of probity [and] accountability, so we will start from him. He has lied to us, he has lied to his family, he has lied to the whole Africa, we are disappointed and I am disappointed with him.”