Leaked tape: Sammy Awuku in trouble again?

There is in circulation, an allegedly leaked secret audio tape of Sammy Awuku, on which a male voice, purported to be that of Mr. Awuku, is heard telling some party communicators in the UK that the party’s “attacks” on the nine-member panel of the Supreme Court hearing the election petition case, have been “targeted at a particular individual".

The speaker is also heard confidently saying majority of the Justices hearing the case are favourable to the NPP's cause.


Among other things, the voice is also heard expressing fears that some of the nine Justices could be targeted for elimination before the verdict is delivered.


XYZ News reached Sammy Awuku to confirm if the voice was his and if so, whether the transcript represents exactly what he said.


He, however, declined comments.


He subsequently issued a statement describing the statement as fabricated.


PRESS STATEMENT FROM SAMUEL AWUKU

My attention has been drawn to a tape and transcript which purports to be statements I made at an undisclosed meeting which is circulating wildly on social media and with the potential of doing same in the electronic and print media.


I state very emphatically that the said tape and whatever by-products arising are totally fabricated and doctored and that I have never made the kinds of statements contained in the said tape anywhere. I know absolutely nothing about it and I would entreat the general public and the media to treat the supposed tape with the contempt it deserves.


However, should any media house disregard this call and seek to join this adventure meant to tarnish my image through this very disingenuous way, I would have no choice than to head to the law courts, as a citizen of this country, to defend my rights to a good name and have such media houses penalized in whatever way the courts would deem proper. I have therefore instructed my lawyers to take judicial notice of any such publication and media houses that joins in this smear campaign.


Let me also state that if the intent behind this fabricated tape is to influence the impending judgment of the Supreme Court in the ongoing Presidential Election Petition, then I find it very lame and a mark of absolute desperation.


In ending, I would say that I find it sad that at this critical time when the whole nation is patiently waiting for the verdict of the supreme court in this landmark case, political operatives and their conspirators in the media would find the fabrication and doctoring of tapes as the best activity they can engage in, knowing very well that what it would invariably do is to increase unnecessarily political tensions before the verdict is delivered.


……signed…… Sammy Awuku NPP Deputy Communications Director