Astute Ghanaian investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure has indicated that he can never do an exposé on renowned Ghanaian man of God, Pastor Mensa Otabil.
He indicated that he can’t do this because of the strong friendship he has with the pastor and this comes after some netizens queried him to find out the reasons why he never spoke about Pastor Otabil during the days when banks were in crisis including the Capital Bank which Pastor Otabil was a board chairman.
In his submission, he said;
“There are people in our lives that you don’t go out to attack them after the story has been told because of the relationship you have with them. I don’t want such people to be disappointed in me because they didn’t expect certain comments from me. If you cannot defend them, the best thing is to keep quiet so I didn’t find calls to speak about Otabil a wise thing to do. “
In journalism, there are two things; the news and opinions but sometimes when the news is presented, you can give opinions. When Otabil’s issue came, the news was reported and there were no opinions likewise the lighthouse stories. I want to put on record that I will never come out to give any opinion.
When the DKM, Duffuor, Kofi Amoabenh and the other banks collapsed, nobody called me to comment so why were they mounting pressure and condemning me for not saying anything.”
Source: ghgossip.com
