Kojo Oppong Nkrumah’s absence from News File, where he was expected to face Sammy Gyamfi over the alleged $214 million GoldBod loss, has raised eyebrows, and for good reason.
At the heart of the issue is the shaky foundation of the claims being pushed.
The entire narrative appears to rest largely on rumours and hearsay, rather than verifiable facts.
The strategy seemed geared toward aggressive interrogation designed to manufacture loopholes that could later be presented as “evidence.”
From the very start, the argument leaned heavily on hypotheticals, summed up by Dr. Kabiru’s popular line:
“If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and looks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.” But assumptions, no matter how catchy, are not proof.
Crucially, the propagators failed to back their claims with any Right to Information request from GoldBod.
Key facts were also glossed over, including the incorporation of Bawa Rock in 2015 and its active involvement in the Gold-for-Reserves programme under the NPP and Dr. Bawumia’s watch.
Even more telling was their inability to clearly identify who actually owns or controls Bawa Rock.
As for the much-touted $214 million, available explanations point to it being a strategic accounting loss on the Bank of Ghana’s book, one that reportedly yielded returns exceeding $10 billion in the long run.
In reality, stepping onto News File would likely have been a political own goal for the architects of the smear campaign, potentially exposing the weaknesses in their agenda and shutting the door on future attempts to revive it.
For now, Sammy Gyamfi emerges unscathed, and arguably more composed than ever, while the critics are left nursing a narrative that failed to land.
Source:Lovinghananews.com
