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Adom TV has issued a statement of apology to President Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for airing a fake bribe scandal video involving the president.
The Multimedia Group Limited subsidiary aired a video on December 1 explaining that the President was receiving a bribe of $40,000 to offer someone an appointment to his government.[ads2]
The video has turned out to be an old video recorded in 2016 when President Akufo-Addo was then the flagbearer of the NPP and the said money was Gh¢40,000 to support the campaign.
A statement from Adom TV reads, “Yesterday, 1st December 2020, Adom TV aired a video allegedly of the President receiving a bribe of $40,000.00 which was shown during airtime bought by the National Democratic Congress (NDC)”[ads3]
“It has now come to the attention of Management of Adom TV that the contents of the video as aired does not represent the full story as it understands, which was in fact, a video of the then candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in October 2016 receiving a donation of USD$ 40,000.00 for his campaign”
“Adom TV unreservedly apologises for any harm or embarrassment the video may have caused the President and admits that the publication was in error”[ads4]
“Management wishes to state that the said video has been taken down from all of its social media channels and that steps have been taken to avoid future occurrences”
Check the statement below
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