CHRAJ clears Victor Kusi Boateng over allegations of 2 passports, cathedral cash theft

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has exonerated Reverend Victor Kusi Boateng over allegations that he holds two passports with different names.

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, in January 2023, petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the Secretary of the National Cathedral Board of Trustees, Reverend Victor Kusi Boateng, over conflict of interest, including possession of multiple identities and other alleged criminal dealings.

However, a report by CHRAJ sighted by MyNewsGh.com has indicated that he holds one passport with the name Kwabena Adu Gyamfi and has never been issued a passport with the name Kusi Boateng, as claimed.

Ablakwa’s petition, which the two Deputy Commissioners of CHRAJ received, also alleged that there was a transfer of GH¢2.6 million in cash from the National Cathedral Secretariat to JNS Talent Centre Limited, owned by Rev. Kusi Boateng under his secondary identity, Kwabena Adu Gyamfi.

However, the Commission concluded that no service was rendered by the JNS Talent Centre Limited, owned by Rev. Kusi Boateng under his secondary identity, Kwabena Adu Gyamfi.

Rather, Rev. Kusi Boateng offered to pay contractors of the National Cathedral because, at the time, the National Cathedral was not in good financial standing, and so the monies that were transferred to him were monies owed to him for paying contractors of the project.

Petition:

Ablakwa said the petition sought to invoke the mandate of CHRAJ under Article 218 of the 1992 Constitution to investigate the “odious conflict of interest” in regard to Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng’s position on the National Cathedral board as he “literally paid his own company a staggering GH¢2.6 million for no work done”.

Rev. Kusi Boateng, who is also the founder of Power Chapel Worldwide, according to Mr Ablakwa, was the same person as Kwabena Adu Gyamfi, who received the GH¢2.6 million from the National Cathedral board.

“For the avoidance of doubt, there is no distinct Kwabena Adu Gyamfi. Kwabena Adu Gyamfi is a criminal creation of Rev. Victor Kusi-Boateng. The two are, therefore, one and the same,” Ablakwa alleged in a statement on his Facebook wall that preceded the petition.

Ablakwa said documents revealed that two other persons, Sheila Eshun and Kwabena Adu Gyamfi, were also directors of JNS Talent Centre Limited.

“From unassailable and irreproachable documents in my possession, Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng, aka Kwabena Adu Gyamfi, uses multiple passports and multiple identification cards with different names and different dates of birth as his special modus operandi.”