The outgoing Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rt. Rev Prof Emmanuel Martey has said a political party he refused to name tried bribing him with $100,000 so he would stop being critical of it.
In his last address to the media, Rev Martey said: “The same party brought $100,000 [to bribe me]. They were lucky I did not have dogs.
“You cannot get me with corruption,” he told journalists, adding: “Never ever should any politician or political activist go to a pastor or minister with money in order to influence him; if you do that you’ll be in trouble.”
Rev Martey also said the church in Ghana should not allow evil spirits and “demon-possessed” people to be at the helm of affairs. He made that comment in reference to a claim by one of the Montie FM contemnors, Alistair Nelson, that a fit of ‘kpokpogbligbli’ (violent convulsion) caused him to threaten to harm the justices of the Supreme Court during a radio programme on Montie FM for which reason he and two others (programme host Salifu Maase and co-panellist Godwin Ako Gunn) were sentenced to a four-month jail term. The remainder of their sentence was wiped out by President John Mahama.
Rev Martey, however, wondered: “Should we allow demons-possessed people to come and rule and take charge of our society? …The Church will not allow evil spirits to control our nation.”
Source: Ghana/AccraFM.com
