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Former Minister for National Security, Francis Poku has said it would be in the interest of ex-President Rawlings to cooperate with the security agency investigating President Mills’ alleged GH\u00a290m campaign money.<\/p>\n

A confidant of the Rawlingses, Mr. Herbert Mensah early this month alleged that President Mills is planning to spend 90 million cedis on his re-election campaign and claimed he had evidence to this effect.<\/p>\n

The president denied the allegation and asked security officials to investigate it.<\/p>\n

Mr Mensah was subsequently quizzed for several hours by the Bureau of National Investigations on May 16, in which he said the tape containing the evidence was with Mr Rawlings.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, National Security Advisor, Brigadier General Nunoo Mensah, has hinted ex-President Rawlings may be questioned.<\/p>\n

But Mr Francis Opoku who served under the erstwhile Kufuor administration, told Joy News it would be in Mr Rawlings\u2019 \u201cown interest\u201d to respond to any invitation to clarify issues.<\/p>\n

He said the former president might have been \u201cmisinformed\u201d and as a former head of state, his reputation would be at stake if the allegation goes without being clarified.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he is quite a responsible person, and he knows that the security services are there to serve him. He was served by the security services when he was in power\u2026he knows them; he knows they are people of integrity so he shouldn\u2019t see it as a hostile act\u2026 The moment he views it as a hostile action then it doesn\u2019t help [the investigations].\u201d<\/p>\n

Story by Isaac Essel\/Myjoyonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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