Deputy Minority Leader and Asokwa MP Patricia Appiagyei has denied the authenticity of a memo circulating in the media which claims she rejected GH¢70,000 allegedly intended to influence her vote during the recent parliamentary vetting exercise.
Appiagyei told Graphic Online on Friday, September 4, 2026, that the document making the rounds was fake.
The purported memo claimed that the Asokwa MP had refused to accept the money because she was unaware of its source.
The development comes amid a dispute between the Minority Caucus and the Majority over the procedure adopted for the vetting of three Supreme Court nominees.
The Minority boycotted the exercise on August 27, arguing that Parliament had been given insufficient time to properly scrutinise the nominees and allow for adequate public input.
Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin had called for the sitting to be suspended to allow the required 14-day notice period to be observed.
He also questioned the need for an accelerated process, arguing that the Supreme Court already had a full complement of Justices.
Afenyo-Markin raised nine procedural objections before leading Minority members of the vetting committee out of the sitting after the committee chairperson, Bernard Ahiafor, rejected the concerns as “flimsy, hollow and baseless.”
Mr Ahiafor maintained that MPs who disagreed with a decision of the House had to rely on the procedures provided under Parliament’s Standing Orders to seek a reversal.
He also said he would not use his position as committee chairperson to unilaterally alter a decision already taken by the full House.
The emergence of the disputed memo has added another layer to the controversy surrounding the vetting process, although Appiagyei has categorically disowned the document and its claims.
