Anthony Karbo, NPP Parliamentary Candidate, Lawra has deflated a concocted audio tape generated and circulated by a pro-NDC group, Research and Advocacy Platform, attributing the voice to him planning chaos and mayhem in the run-up to the December general election.
According to the NPP scribe, although the voice on the tape sounds like his, it is not his. ?It is not me,? saying that it is an audio tape that was baked in the ?dilapidating kitchen of falsehood? and served on the cracked plate of malicious assassination of character.
?This is a complete fabrication and concoction. I have not had any meeting with a person or group of persons where the agenda of that meeting is to destabilize this country. I challenge the group to confirm where this meeting was held, who the people in the meeting were and what the agenda was,?
He stated this in a press release signed and issued by him. In the release, he indicated that he was not surprise at this incident, because of its origination.
?It is not surprising that this said audio tape is emanating from a political party with a propaganda desk which is remarkable for its disingenuity, disregard for the truth, and its unrepentant penchant for fanning ethnic and tribal sentiments.?
He mentioned also that, ?This tape can only be a desperate attempt at political equalization following the recent expose of a tape having the NDC National organizer, and a presidential staffer at the seat of Government, admit to having planned and executed criminal activities in the past and planning such activities in the run-up to the December polls using state funds provided by the minister of finance, Dr. Duffuor and under the protection and cover of the National Security Coordinator, Lt. Col. Gbevlo-Lartey.?
?What is more criminal and diabolical than that? What is most distressing is the NDC’s shameless and consistent use of tribal discord to achieve its political aims. Ghanaians will and must not buy into that disgraceful strategy this crucial election year. Ghana is a country which belongs to all of the ethnic groups that constitute this great country of ours.?
?Or, is this false tape fabricated to shut me up for my recent expos? on President John Mahama and his brother, Ibrahim Mahama?s failure to repay the over GH?50 million debt owed to Merchant Bank, or, are they afraid of my rising popularity in the Lawra constituency as a candidate of the NPP, a seat I am destined to win come December.?
The content of the tape, he said, clearly shows it is an attempt to create a diversion from the activities of the NDC, as they are the party planning mayhem and chaos in the upcoming elections, adding that it was evident in the violence unleashed by the NDC during the biometric voter registration exercise, the by-elections conducted in Atiwa, Akwatia, Cherponi, the gruesome murder of three NPP activists in Agbogbloshie and the Tamale arson attacks in 2009.? ?The content also confirms Yaw Boateng Gyan?s (infamous tape) grand scheme to tag the NPP as a violent party.?
He demands an unqualified apology from the group, and appeals to the general public to, ignore this false tape for what it is ? ?an obvious concoction.?
?This gutter politics to score cheap votes must not be tolerated in our beautiful democracy. I also urge the NDC to join the NPP in the debate and battle of ideas, policies and programs aimed at moving this country forward: Ghanaians deserve the best.?
