Rachel Appoh breaks silence on Vicky Hamah's US$1m saga; denies recording leaked audio

One of the major scandals that rocked the John Mahama government was the US$1 million saga that had then Deputy Minister of Communications, Victoria Hamah, at the center of it.

The ‘Vicky Hamah $1 million’ saga, as it came to be known, was one of many issues that rocked the John Mahama administration and ultimately contributed to his defeat in the 2016 elections.

She was again heard saying: “…I told Rachel that I really understand politics...I will not quit politics until I make one million dollars.

At the time, it emerged that Lawrence Quayeson, a driver and relative of Victoria Hamah, did the recording.

Eleven years after that scandal, Rachel Appoh has spoken out on the issue, declaring her innocence and providing spiritual context to the whole saga.

Speaking on Kingdom FM, the former Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central explained that contrary to the widely held view, she was neither in the car with Victoria Hamah nor was she the one at the other end of the phone conversation.

"Then the driver made those allegations on some radio stations… Two days after the driver made those allegations, he came out again to say that he was arrested and coerced by Victoria Hamah’s family to make those allegations against me and that I wasn’t the one who contracted him.