The man who represented the Nogokpo Traditional leaders in the contentious conflict with Archbishop Charles Agyinasare, Nufialagah Mawufemor Kobla Nornyigbey, has stated that the chiefs accepted bribes from the National Peace Council to put the issue to rest. He also stated that he was offered $100,000 but turned it down.
He made these and other serious accusations in an interview that aired on Gerom TV’s Mama Grace show.
“It got to a point with what I saw happening; I had to go live on Facebook to disassociate myself from the issue because people are looking up to me, and I don’t want anybody to tag me as going to take a bribe.
“I was already accused of taking bribe and yes people called me to make offers during the issue. I was promised 100,000 dollars to drop the issue but for the love of the people I declined. People have taken it and I Ieave them to their conscience,” Nornyigbey alleged without mincing words.
He expresses his disappointment in the traditional leaders of Nogokpo for selling their consciences for money in a segment of the interview that was posted to YouTube.
“The way we wanted to handle this Agyinasare-Nokogpo issue, trust me, Nogokpo would have been a heaven where investors and a lot of people would have flocked with various opportunities,” he revealed.
He claims that during the height of the dispute, pastors, political figures, and traditional leaders tried to step in, but the people of Nogokpo refused to back down. But their traditional leaders trailed behind to accept “envelopes” that ultimately led to their compromise.
He related how the paramount chief of the region later called the chief of Nogokpo, who had led the traditional leaders in holding a press conference and giving Agyinasare a two-week deadline to appear before them, and fined him.
Togbui Adamah III, paramount chief and president of the Some Traditional Council, allegedly joined the plan at first but later distanced himself from the press conference they held after it was compromised, according to Nornyigbey’s further allegations.
When the National Peace Council visited the region, he claimed that they had bought off the traditional leaders of Nogokpo on behalf of Agyinasare.
