Corruption ribbon leak: Rockson Bukari to step down?

General News of Sunday, April 28, 2019

Source: mynewsgh.com

2019-04-28

According to sources close to the government, Rockson Ayine Bukari, former regional minister of the Upper East and now minister of state for special tasks, may be called upon to withdraw following an allegedly confidential conversation between him and the Upper East regional correspondent for the EIB network. Starr FM, Edward Adeti and MyNewsGh.com met.

Mr. Bukari has fallen into media frenzy in recent days after the phone conversation in question to try to bribe the journalist so that he "kills" an article about a judge turned viral on social media and mainstream media.

MyNewsGh.com gathers snippets of information from sources close to the government that the minister may have to withdraw, the presidency having the mission to ensure national security. It is responsible for addressing the issue of attempted bribery and attempted corruption.

When contacted by MyNewsGh.com for confirmation, Mr. Rockson Ayine Bukari was shocked by the information saying "I am not aware", ie he was not invited to withdraw, as the sources of the vine state.

Edward Adeti confirmed the recording of the phone conversation but denied disclosing it to the public. According to him, a copy of the registration has been handed over to the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), the Ghana Police and some lawyers who also perform advisory duties for Cbadius Mining Limited, an Australian corporation. mining operating in Talensi District, in the region of the Upper East Region and in court with Shaanxi Mining Company, a Chinese company also present in the region.

He suspects that a person belonging to the aforementioned category of people may have leaked the tape to the media for reasons that have not yet been discovered.