A close confidante of the Rawlingses, Mr Herbert Mensah has described as “inaccurate, offensive and misleading” claims by Deputy Information Minister James Agyenim-Boateng that while former President accepted to stay in a bungalow offered by the state, Mrs Rawlings rejected the facility . Mr Mensah said the bungalow in question, occupied by Mr Francis Poku, former National Security Co-ordinator under president Kufuor, was inappropriate. Mr Agyenim-Boateng was reacting to Mrs Rawlings’ assertion that she and her husband, after their ridge residence on February 14, this year, was razed by fire, were still looking for accommodation to rent because the government had yet to fulfill its promise to resettle the former First Family in the wake of the disaster. “Indeed we have tried to provide the former First Family with accommodation that is befitting, that can reasonably guarantee their safety and security pending renovation works on their Ridge residence which [got] burnt down.” Mr Agyenim-Boateng said they were first offered a residence at the AU Village, which is “pretty close to their burnt residence” as a holding place for them but they “turned down” the offer. The residence of the former National Security Coordinator, Francis Poku, was refurbished to befit their status, and yet, it was rejected. "We felt that it was reasonably safe and secure for holding a former president and his spouse. The place was prepared to befit their status in terms of their safety and their security. Again the former President did like the place but the former First Lady did not like the place, based on that, it was turned down," the Deputy Minister said. But Mr Herbert Mensah told Joy News that Agyenim-Boateng’s views on the matter were warped and based on third-hand information.