It has been about eight days since Chronicle published the story about Jake and the Mormons. Chronicle learnt that the Chief of Staff was planning to issue a statement to deny the story but the statement has still not been issued.
The Chief of Staff complained about the headline and what he said was a direct attribution to the President. He said the headline looked as if the President granted a direct interview to Chronicle. He said that the President was angry with the attribution, which sounded like we had a direct interview with him.
Nowhere in the story was it stated that Chronicle had a direct interview with the President. The story stated that the Chronicle officially interviewed an officer at the Office of the President who is mandated to talk. Indeed, the officer said he needed to contact the President before speaking to us, which he did, and we have no reason to doubt this.
Chronicle maintains that the officer spoke to Chronicle after speaking to the President. The Chief of Staff instead of addressing the issues raised in the story, was rather concerned about who Chronicle spoke to.
Chronicle maintains that it was officially told that the President did not have anything to do with Jake Obetsebi Lamptey's trip to Utah. Chronicle did not fabricate the story; neither did it concoct the President's response.
It must be stated that Chronicle used its discretion to attribute what it was told at the Office of the President, rather than to the individual officer who we spoke to, especially when the officer said he had to contact the President before giving any information.
We have no reason to believe that the officer did not speak to the President before saying that the President did not have anything do with Jake Obetsebi Lamptey's trip to Utah. It must be said that the officer concerned conducted himself in a very professional manner.
We dare the Chief of Staff to come out openly and say that the information we published was concocted, and did not represent what transpired. Chronicle will no longer waste time discussing unprofitable arguments about whether the permit was issued in 1844 or 1455.
We are going to concentrate on the fact that the minister has done a lot of things for the Mormons, chief among them was facilitating for the Mormons to get a land title certificate.
Very soon, the true story about the relationship which existed between the Mormons and that political party -PPN- when they were in opposition, will be told. Church A's tax exemption on the chopping board.
The Mormon series will resume with more explosives.
