I’m Holding On To Damaging Information About JJ To Save Him From Disgrace – Alhaji Bature

Managing Editor of the Al-Hajj newspaper, Alhaji Iddrisu Bature, says he is privy to some very sensitive as well as damaging information about the founder of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Jerry John Rawlings, the revelation of which could lead to him (Rawlings) being so humiliated that the last vestige of respect he holds in the public eye will be quickly eroded away.

According to him, if he is to disclose the kind of information at his disposal, former President Rawlings will not be able to walk on the streets of Accra again or hold his head high in public.

His comments followed statements by the spokesperson for the Rawlingses, Kofi Adams which sought to question his (Alhaji Bature’s) integrity. Kofi Adams had referred to the “Al-Hajj” newspaper Editor as a “sycophant” and a journalist whose bread is buttered by the Mills-Mahama administration.

But speaking in an interview with Alhassan Suhini on Radio Gold, Alhaji Bature warned Kofi Adams to be mindful of his utterances and careful about the choice of words he uses to describe him (Bature) when reacting to issues regarding the Rawlingses.

“There’s a lot of information I am suppressing, but if people like Kofi Adams pushes some of us and we come out to disclose them, his boss will not be able to work on the streets (again). We are suppressing all that information for the unity, progress and growth of NDC; but if Kofi Adams keeps calling us blackmailers or sycophants, we may be forced to come out,” he warned.

He denied being on the payroll of the government stressing that whatever he does is based on personal convictions, adding that every issue he puts out is verifiable.

“…don’t attack my personality, I have my integrity and reputation (to protect) so whatever I publish, I have evidence that can be verified,” he added.