Man Accuses NDC Candidate ...He Denies Allegation

Posted on: www.dailyguideghana.com

By William Yaw Owusu

Accra, Wednesday September 19, 2012. 

THE NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Adentan, Emmanuel Nii Ashie Moore has been accused of collecting $1,700 from an unemployed man to secure him a visa to Italy but failed to do so.

The NDC candidate flatly denied the allegation made against him by Jacob Adjei Nortey of Teshie, a suburb of Accra when DAILY GUIDE contacted him.

According to Mr. Nortey, Mr. Moore allegedly collected the amount but later refused to either procure the visa or refund a balance of $1,400 due him after refunding only $300. 

Mr. Nortey, a former employee of SGSB claimed the NDC candidate had been playing what he called “hide and seek” with him since 1998 in spite of a legal action he instituted against the aspirant.

In an affidavit he filed in support of his claim at the Osu District Magistrate Court in Accra, Mr. Nortey averred that the defendant charged him $1,700 for processing the visa and asked him to wait for two weeks to get it.

He claimed the defendant refused to procure the visa after several weeks so he decided to ask for a refund but the NDC candidate gave him only $300 out of the $1,700 and he never saw him again.

Mr. Nortey said after a prolonged legal tussle with the candidate in court, the magistrate ordered Mr. Moore to pay the outstanding $1,400 with interest to the plaintiff.

He said since the court’s order, it had been difficult to locate Mr.   Moore until recently when he got information that he was contesting the Adentan seat.

Asked why he had not approached the NDC candidate after all these years, Mr. Nortey said “he was always eluding me. It has been difficult to get close to him.”

Moore has however denied the accusation and stressed that he had no visa dealings with Nortey.

According to the aspirant MP, he was not in Ghana in February 1998 and could not have collected the amount in dispute.

The aspirant said he was at a loss as to what might have motivated Jacob to make such a claim adding that the plaintiff’s action could be politically motivated.