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Former Deputy Northern Regional Minister , Mohammed Amin Anta, has described as mischievous a tape recording alleging that he took $5000 bribe to endorse Nana Addo`s candidature. After listening to the tape, Amin indicated that the voice was similar to his and might have been recorded in private but he made it clear in a press release that Nana Addo never gave him any money. Read the full statement of the release for your perusal: Washington D.C; 14th October, 2014. My attention has been drawn to a tape recording on which I was engaged in conversations with another person in relation to the internal politics of the NPP. On the said tape, I am heard saying that Nana Addo surprised me with US$5,000, offered me three positions to choose from and that I was following the crowd and would therefore not openly campaign for him. I have listened to the tape carefully and concluded that the voice is like mine and I might have made such statements in a private conversation. I would like to put on record however that Nana Addo did not offer me money to induce me to support his candidature. As I am supposed to have said on the tape, I did not need the said money because I am well paid. I have told many people how generous Nana Addo is, by citing how he offered me money for an energy program my team worked on at his request, and when I refused he said it was from his heart. He insisted if I did not need it, my team members would. This happened before the Supreme Court Petition; and could not have been related to the current contest in the party. Also, everybody in the NPP knows that I did not support Nana Addo in previous internal elections and I did believe that the party needed to do more work for him to win the general elections including the 2016 elections. However, I have studied and worked with Nana Addo closely for some time now and came to the realization that he is the right person to lead the NPP. Therefore contrary to the content of the tape that I would not campaign openly for him, I recently declared my support to him openly in Tamale and in addition toured more than 10 constituencies in Dagbon to campaign openly for him with my own resources. I am therefore surprised that the said tape is being used to doubt my credibility and support for Nana Addo. I would like to state that my support for Nana Akufo Addo is unconditional; and I will continue to work with him to ensure victory for him. Signed Mohammed Amin Anta