North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has criticised the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) for exonerating Reverend Victor Kusi Boateng from allegations of holding a double identity. 

Mr Ablakwa contends that the Commission failed to examine crucial evidence available in key institutional databases.

In a Facebook post, Mr Ablakwa accused CHRAJ of neglecting its investigative duty by overlooking records from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), the National Identification Authority (NIA), and the Electoral Commission (EC). 

He wrote, “CHRAJ failed to assess the database of the DVLA, which confirms that Victor Kusi Boateng was issued a driver’s licence under the name Victor Kusi Boateng. CHRAJ also failed to assess the database of the National Identification Authority, which shows that Victor Kusi Boateng’s Ghana Card was issued under the name Kwabena Adu Gyamfi.”

Highlighting inconsistencies in electoral records, he added, “CHRAJ failed to review the Electoral Commission’s database, which indicates that Victor Kusi Boateng was issued a Voter’s ID as Victor Kusi Boateng in 2016 with Voter ID Number: 4863016954 at the age of 40. 

However, he was issued another Voter ID in 2020 under the name Kwabena Adu Gyamfi, showing his age as 50 (remarkably ageing by 10 years within four years) — the 2020 Voter ID number is: 8907018142.”

Mr Ablakwa also referred to a High Court judgment from July 2023, in which a case brought against him by Rev. Kusi Boateng was dismissed. The judge noted that the cleric’s conduct “borders on criminality.” 

Questioning the rationale behind CHRAJ’s findings, Mr Ablakwa stated, “How does CHRAJ’s assertion that Victor Kusi Boateng possesses one passport in a different name (Kwabena Adu Gyamfi) with a different date of birth exonerate him from allegations of double identity? Desperate propagandists must respect the intelligence of Ghanaians.”

The MP described the Commission’s report as a “ridiculous whitewash” and expressed disappointment over its failure to comprehensively address all aspects of the allegations, thus undermining its credibility.

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