Minority leader Haruna Iddrisu has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to The Herald newspaper to retract and render an unqualified apology for a publication that alleged his involvement in a GNPC Bribery Scandal.
He warned that failure to retract and apologize with the same prominence as the publication, he would institute legal suit against the newspaper, the writer of the story and all the hidden faces behind it.
The Minority leader and also MP for Tamale South, in a rejoinder, expressed shock his name was mentioned by The Herald on the front page of the Friday, September 3, 2021 edition under the banner headline ‘CSO Names Haruna Iddrisu and Ato Forson in GNPC Bribery Scandal.’
The publication, he said, is spurious, malicious, baseless and a figment of the imagination of a ‘ghostwriter.’
“The fact that the writer mysteriously omitted his by-line shows his or her malevolent intent and points to the fact that the publication is a fabrication.”
“I wonder why the writer will want to hide under the cloak of anonymity if he or she were confident of his news story,” he said.
According to Mr. Iddrisu, he has at no time participated in or been privy to the issues, dealings and processes that have been alleged against him.
“The said publication is nothing but falsehood calculated at tarnishing my hard-won reputation and to bring me into disrepute and public opprobrium.”
“It also exposes the general lack of knowledge and understanding of the workings of parliament,” he added.
He entreated the public to read in-between the lines and see the publication as exactly what it is – malicious, mischievous and a pack of lies.
Hon. Haruna Iddrisu implored members of the NDC caucus in Parliament to disregard the attempt by unseen hands to create disfavour and disaffection for him personally.
The publication, he said, is also a premeditated effort to place a wedge among members as the Minority Group, cause disunity and make the Caucus incapable of holding government accountable for its policies and decisions – which is one of its key responsibilities.
