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Catherine Afeku downplays fraud allegation
According to reports, Catherine Afeku is being probed by President Nana Akufo-Addo.
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She said her political detractors are the masterminds behind the scandal.
"What is important is that having a civil case is totally different from having a criminal case. I have been cleared by Article 94 in 2006 to be a member of parliament, I have been cleared again in 2015 to be a member of parliament," she said.
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The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Evalue-Gwira Constituency in the Western Region with her husband, were defendants in a fraud case in 2007.
Read also: Group accuses Catherine Afeku
A group called Truth and Accountable Governance (TAG), said Madam Catherine Afeku as Minister designate of Tourism and Creative Arts is not the right person for the ministry.
The group is alleging that the nominee is a fraudster and as such, should have her nomination revoked in order to save the integrity the president’s nominees.
"Mrs Afeku and her husband, Mr Seth Afeku, were found guilty for defrauding an American couple on 19-10-2013 by an Accra High Court presided over by Her [Ladyship] Barbara Ackah-Yensu. The trial judge directed the MP for Evalue-Gwira constituency and her husband to pay an amount of $217,464 plus 50 per cent interest to the plaintiff, Patricia and Bill Gick."
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According to the group, such a character should not be allowed to hold public office.
But Catherine Afeku said "you always have to look at having friends and having enemies. It’s just a game that some people will play to see how formidable you are, can you withstand the heat so if you are not strong enough, you will [wither] and fall down."
"I have nothing to hide, it’s a matter of public records, it’s a civil matter and I’m actually the one who has won an appeal… I’m a woman on fire... it’s very rare to have diasporas or white people come into our country get some judgment and then you fight back and win a temporary injunction," she said.
"I’m a woman who is formidable. I have been cleared by Article 94. I do not have a criminal record and I have never been found or charged with fraud. I have a civil case and I have contested it and I am the one who has won a temporal relief."
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has launched an investigations into Catherine Afeku's case.
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