The Minority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for Asawasi, Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka has noted that the bribery allegation levelled by Mr Mahama Ayariga was one of the most shocking moments of his life.
Nonetheless, he said he was getting over it and putting it behind him.
In a radio interview on Accra-based Citi FM Thursday evening, he said: “I think that we are all getting over it but I must admit that, it’s one of the most shocking moments of my life, when I had to be between this kind of heated thing between my friend, my party and another person but I’m happy that we are all trying to get over it and I wish and pray that we all pick the lessons of it so that next time this never happens.”
“For me, it was very painful…God out there, I don’t know if he [God] could send an angel to tell whether truly Osei-Wusu gave me anything, if you want to talk about how things are done in parliament and those things, we can talk about that but in this particular instance, I’m really very sorry that those things never happened.”
Speaking about the matter for the first time since Parliament brought a closure to it, Alhaji Muntaka insisted that he doubted if there was any true Muslim who would want to give false witness knowing the consequences and gravity of it in Islam.
“There is no way you can get any dedicated Muslim doing that because the consequences is not just about the earth here, but the hereafter and I was very mindful of that.”
“I really wish it never happened, it didn’t have to be between my best friend [Ayariga] and whoever he wanted to accuse but the sad thing is that I am a very serious practising Muslim and there is no way I will support false witness no matter what is involved.”
Question: Was it very difficult for you to betray your brother Ayariga?
Muntaka: “I don’t see it as betrayal, it was very difficult for me to support a brother and friend in the course he was charting, a decision was taken to speak the very truth.”
Question: Why do you think that Okudzeto, Suhuyini, Ayariga and others ganged up against you and said you have given them money and they have more witnesses against you?
Muntaka: “I will not want us to be discussing at a time that I think that all of us are getting over it. But remember the committee [Appointments] is made up of 26 members and if three are saying something, what about the silent ones…even the Minority is 10, what happened to the 6 [silent ones] excluding me.”
Question: Did you not face challenges from party members who were not happy that you are not supporting your brother to nail the NPP?
Muntaka: “Let me say that I will not want to be talking about party issues on the radio because I believe party issues are discussed in a close circuit. I would not want to be talking about what the party did or what the party say, I believe that we’ve overcome that, let’s just move on.”
Question: When was the last time you spoke with Mahama Ayariga?
Muntaka: “I think we both travelled, I think we’ve all travelled, I think the very day we rose, we spoke, but we’ve all travelled, I came the day before yesterday and I’m not sure whether he is back or maybe he is somewhere in his constituency.”
Question: Did the two of you discuss this matter outside the chamber, outside the floor of parliament?
Muntaka: “Yeah many times.”
Question: And what was it about?
Muntaka: “I’ve told you that let us move on.”
Question: Did you apologise to him or did he apologise to you?
Muntaka: “I don’t want to talk about that.”
Question: What was the conversation about?
Muntaka: “Let’s move on.”
Question: Would you say the apology he rendered on the floor was a conditional one?
Muntaka: “He made the apology, apologies, how you go deep into his heart to know whether it was sincere or not, that is qualitative, the most important thing is that he made the apology and let’s move on.”
Source: graphic.com.gh
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This Jeremiah Smith, I sincerely think you are not having enough perfusion to your brain. You don't even think that what you have written is a huge endictment on Mahamah Ayariga! Why did he applogies? Is he not a lawyer? If he truely knew he had done no wrong, what should he have done? Should he have allow himself to be forced to apologied? And be wise and stop using Bawku as if you and Ayariga own Bawku. Bawku is in Ghana and every Ghanaian owns Bawku as it is true for any other town, city or village in the country. Please get some oxygen to your brain before you make such error again.
In times, when some pastors and mallams can lie even in the name of God, it is no wonder what a ordinary persons will do. Only God can truly tell what really happened. Assuming a human position, will also mean bearing false witness against a fellow man and that is against God's command. Secondly, Muntaka is only answering based on the questions asked him by the journalist. The questions and answers may not be what actually. It is therefore shameful and even exhibiting ignorance attacking @Jeremiah Smith Ayamba for his comment happened. #Godisspirit.
Alhaji Muntaka, your reward awaits in heaven. God richly bless you on earth. Love you for this uprightness.
FO0OLS like you are the reason for all these tribal tensions in the north. You have no brains. You just follow like sheep going to feed. Use your God given brains sometimes, it will help. Ayariga may be your father it does not mean that just support and follow even when it is clear that he was lying as in this case. I know your face will be just FO0OLISH AS YOUR NAME. Jeremiah Smith Ayamba-gyi-miiii.
Mr. Jeremiah Smith Ayamba I sincerely pity you and the likes of you. It's a shaame. It's a shaame. You people have no shaame. It's disgusting to see the likes of you still talking. Sorry it's not my way to do personal attack. But I can't help it. Sometimes it hurts to see people behaving the way you've portrayed above. Sorry bro
Mahama Ayariga is a great, faithful and truthful person and whatsoever Mutaka says will not hold water. He (Ayariga) had to even educate the speaker of Parliament at the floor of Parliament on the limit of the committee that wat set up and that makes him great. Bawku is strongly behind him and will forever support him.His apology was a formality and under duress not that he was wrong.