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Former Power Minister Kwabena Donkor rejects links to $1m Asante Berko bribe allegation
Dr Donkor, through his lawyers, Cavendish Chambers, said he had never met Mr Berko, demanded money from him or received any personal benefit in connection with the power project.
The statement, issued on Monday, August 10, follows growing speculation on social media about the identity of a former Ghanaian Minister of Power referenced in the United States bribery case involving Mr Berko.
A US federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, convicted Mr Berko on August 6, 2026, over his alleged involvement in a scheme to bribe Ghanaian government officials to secure a power plant project for Turkish energy company Aksa Enerji Uretim A.
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