Asantehene’s Alleged Bribery Scandal: Free Press Editor Denies Publication ...
Asantehene’s Alleged Bribery Scandal: Free Press Editor Denies Publication ... The Editor at the center of the Asantehene’s alleged bribery scandal, Emma Lawson, has vehemently denied the publication attributed to the newspaper. Emma Lawson says the New Free Press has no idea where the story originated from. According to her, the said publication was based on an anonymous website sourcing her organization as the author. She added that since the story hit the newsstand, her office has been flooded by some security intelligence personnel, tasked with investigating the publication. The New Free Press online recently published that the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, allegedly brokered a bribery deal between President Mahama and two of the nine Justices that sat on the 2012 election petition case. The publication triggered Chiefs at Manyhia in the Ashanti Region to lodge a formal complaint with the National Media Commission (NMC) to haul the editor and publisher of the Free Pr...