The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has exonerated Reverend Victor Kusi Boateng following an investigation into allegations of dual identity and conflict of interest.
The probe was initiated in January 2023 after North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, petitioned CHRAJ to investigate the Secretary to the National Cathedral Board of Trustees. The petition accused Rev. Kusi Boateng of holding multiple passports under different names, among other improprieties.
In its findings, CHRAJ confirmed that Rev. Kusi Boateng, also known as Kwabena Adu Gyamfi, holds only one passport under the name Kwabena Adu Gyamfi. The Commission found no evidence to support claims of a second passport under the name Kusi Boateng.
Ablakwa’s petition further alleged that GH¢2.6 million was transferred from the National Cathedral Secretariat to JNS Talent Centre Limited, a company linked to Rev. Kusi Boateng. According to CHRAJ, the funds were not payment for services but a reimbursement.
It determined that Rev. Kusi Boateng had advanced money to contractors working on the National Cathedral project during a period of financial difficulty for the Secretariat.
CHRAJ concluded that the allegations of wrongdoing lacked merit and cleared Rev. Kusi Boateng of any malfeasance.
Background
Mr Okudzeto Ablakwa in January 2023 petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the Secretary of the National Cathedral Board of Trustees, Reverend Victor Kusi-Boateng, over conflict of interest, including possession of multiple identities and other alleged criminal dealings.
The petition, which was received by the two Deputy Commissioners of CHRAJ also alleged that there was a transfer of GH¢2.6million cash from the National Cathedral Secretariat to JNS Talent Centre Limited owned by Rev. Kusi-Boateng under his secondary identity, Kwabena Adu Gyamfi.
Petition
Mr Ablakwa said the petition sought to invoke the mandate of CHRAJ under Article 218 of the 1992 Constitution to investigate the “odious conflict of interest” in regard to Rev.Victor Kusi-Boateng’s position on the national cathedral board as he “literally paid his own company a staggering GH¢2.6million for no work done”.
Rev. Kusi-Boateng, who is also the founder of Power Chapel Worldwide, according to Mr Ablakwa, was the same person as Kwabena Adu Gyamfi, who received the GH¢2.6 million from the national cathedral board.
“For the avoidance of doubt, there is no distinct Kwabena Adu Gyamfi. Kwabena Adu Gyamfi is a criminal creation of Rev. Victor Kusi-Boateng. The two are, therefore, the same,” Mr Ablakwa alleged in a statement on his Facebook wall that preceded the petition.
Mr Ablakwa said documents revealed that two other persons, Sheila Eshun and Kwabena Adu Gyamfi were also directors of JNS Talent Centre Limited.
“From unassailable and irreproachable documents in my possession, Rev. Victor Kusi-Boateng, aka Kwabena Adu Gyamfi, uses multiple passports and multiple identification cards with different names and different dates of birth as his special modus operandi.
