It has been indicated that former President Jerry John Rawlings, may be invited by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), to answer queries regarding allegations made by Mr Herbert Mensah, in respect of a secret tape on a GH¢90-million election spending. The tape, according to Mr Mensah indicated the intention of President John Evans Atta Mills', to spend GH¢90 million on his re-election bid, as the flag bearer of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to the National Security Adviser, Brigadier General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, the claims by Mr Mensah are of great public interest and require exhaustive investigation. Brigadier General Nunoo-Mensah, who was speaking on an Accra-based radio station, also called on the media to prove the veracity of the claims, as they are of great public interest. Brigadier General Nunoo-Mensah, said that as the whole country was interested in the eventual outcome, it was also the responsibility of the media to question former President Rawlings' to find out the truth. Mr Herbert Mensah recently told BNI officials during an interrogation, that the controversial tape was in the custody of the former President. Mr Mensah was interrogated in connection with the allegations he had made, that President Mills was influencing delegates with huge sums of money, in his attempt to win the flag -bearer ship of the NDC at its presidential congress dated from 8th -10th of July this year. President Mills has however rubbished the claim, and has called for a thorough probe to unravel the truth of the allegations. Attempts to reach the spokesperson of the former president, Mr Kofi Adams, on the latest developments were unsuccessful. Source: Daily Graphic