An exposure of a secret scheme to use the New Patriotic Party's (NPP's) name to enrich private bank accounts has generated an infighting among some of the party's leading officers. The Party's National Organiser, Lord Commey has incurred the wrath of its (Party's) Greater Accra Regional Chairman, Sammy Crabbe, who claims Lord Commey had foiled his money-making scheme. Mr. Sammy Crabbe, who had been exposed for hiding behind SMSGH, a private company that out-sources SMS applications to organize a text poll for the 18 people who had expressed interest in contesting for the Party's flagbearership position, in an interview with the Crusading Guide, was very uncharitable towards his National Organizer. He directly accused Lord Commey of deliberately destroying "basabasa" the entire plan simply because of his (Commey's) desire for monetary gains in the venture. He insinuated that Lord Commey had a green eye over the profits which were expected to be around ¢80 billion. Crabbe told the paper that this time around, to protect himself, he had instructed SMSGH to handle the scheme whiles he operated behind the scenes. The paper said it gathered from SMSGH that the general public would be invited to participate in the poll by sending the names of the 18 aspirants through SMS text messages to a mobile short code that would be provided. At the end of each round, the aspirant with the least votes would be declared disqualified, evicted from the poll and considered to be rejected by the general public. Each text message would attract a premium cost of ¢5000 or 50 GP and Ghanaians living in the Diaspora would also be allowed to participate in the text poll. The Crusading Guide said it has also gathered that neither the party nor the aspirants were in support of the exercise as the proper monitoring could not be assured. Some of the aspirants the paper said it spoke to said they were against the scheme and expressed fear that the process would not be transparent, and the figures could be doctored to give the public a wrong impression about the performance of the aspirants. They explained that votes from the Greater Accra Region were crucial and thus, they would not want to step on the toes of the Region's Chairman by speaking publicly against him. Meanwhile, Lord Commey, when contacted for his comment on the issue, said in as much as the said poll was a recipe for chaos and disaster for the party, it would be unfair to say he single-handedly stood against it. Lord Commey explained that the decision to challenge the said poll was agreed upon at a National Executive meeting which he attended and contributed to just like any other member. The paper said it was also aware that Mr. Crabbe had directed that some journalists should be recruited to join him on his money-making mission. The said journalists, some of whom had confirmed to this paper that they were indeed contacted by SMSGH on behalf of Crabbe were promised some percentage of the profit. Their duty was to publicize the concept and create public enthusiasm for it. Source: The Crusading Guide