{"id":394226,"date":"2017-06-05T13:06:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T13:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/05\/i-sacked-victor-smith-for-diverting-party-funds\/"},"modified":"2017-06-05T13:06:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T13:06:38","slug":"i-sacked-victor-smith-for-diverting-party-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/05\/i-sacked-victor-smith-for-diverting-party-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"I sacked Victor Smith for diverting party funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<!--               \n\n<div class=\"in-ad\">\n\n\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1495043641385-0' style='height:250px; width:300px;'>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n              <\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p>Former President J. J. Rawlings has accused Victor Smith who was once is Special Aide, of trying to retrieve\u00a0cash without his knowledge when he was working with him.<\/p>\n<p>The founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) revealed\u00a0he dismissed the former Ambassador to the United Kingdom for diverting campaign funds.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the 38<sup>th<\/sup> celebration of the June 4 Revolution in Wa in the Upper West Region on Sunday, Mr Rawlings said he parted ways with Mr Smith because he tried diverting funds some Nigerians had promised to pump into the party\u2019s campaign for late Professor John Evans Atta Mills ahead of election 2008.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Narrating what happened, he said some Nigerians invited him to the USA after he left office to give a talk and commission a project for them.<\/p>\n<p>Two years later, when Professor Mills was running for the presidency, the Nigerians decided to help, so they were dealing with Mr Rawlings&#8217; office then managed by Mr\u00a0Smith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI subsequently heard about it because there was a to-and-fro on this contribution issue and somebody finally called me that this is what is going on\u2014they know me, they want to give me the money, and I can pass it on and not give it to Victor Smith,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Victor Smith is saying that he will take it to the Professor because I\u2019m not the one going to be the candidate&#8230;\u201d Mr\u00a0Rawlings said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to him, eventually, the donors held back their money because of the confusion.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Mr Smith subsequently disseminated lies about him on the radio over the issue.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/103526521_356267.jpg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:5px; height:250px; width:480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><b>Mr Victor Smith<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>There were lots of hearsays when Mr Smith was fired but in a recent interview, the one-time parliamentary candidate for Abuakwa North said he was dismissed because he supported former President, John Mahama.\u00a0But Mr Rawlings has denied this. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr Smith was dismissed via a text message in 2008 by Mr Rawlings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">He was subsequently asked to vacate his official residence with a letter to the Chief of Staff at the Castle, notifying the State, since he was on the payroll of government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mr Rawlings expressed shock\u00a0at the then\u00a0NDC candidate\u00a0Mills\u00a0who knew the truth about the issue but\u00a0kept quiet for what he described as \u201crubbish\u201d to continue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEventually, the contribution did not even come. I did not receive any contribution from them, through Mills, through Smith or directly or through the persons who came to see me also. And I don\u2019t believe Prof. Mills received any money from that place.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And yet when the time came to pour poison on me started, this secretary of mine was telling the world on radio stations that contributions were coming for a certain nationalistic duty and he had stopped it and diverted it to the flagbearer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In other words, he had stopped it from coming to me. I was disgusted that this guy would make such a story. But you know the one who angered me the most, our Professor Mills who knew the truth but kept quiet for this poison to burn me. As if I was fraudulent,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President J. J. 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