According to man of God these politicians he failed to name also promised him of a mansion at Trassaco and a four wheel drive which he declined.The outgoing Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rt Rev. Prof Emmanuel Martey is claiming that some politicians tried bribing him with an amount of $100,000 in order to stop him from his harsh criticisms of happenings he considers wrong in the country.

Rt. Rev. Prof. Martey, an outspoken prophet is known to speak his mind publicly on issues of public interest and is also not shy to touch on political issues, an area which is out of bounds for most pastors.

He has in the past received backlash from supporters of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) including ministers when he has spoken on matters that the party considers not favourable.

Over the weekend for instance, an incensed Executive Secretary of the Ghana Free Zones Board, Kwadwo Twum Boafo stated that the conduct of renowned cleric and immediate past Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Martey in the public space calling for his removal from the National Peace Council.

He said Prof. Martey cannot continue to serve a dignified office when worse things have in the past been uttered by the Man of God, which seem to polarize the society and deepen the problems in Ghana’s politics.

“He’s mortgaged the whole of the Presby church to NPP…I’ve been talking about this for many years and when I started saying it members of my party disagreed with me; Was I wrong or right? This same man goes to stand on pulpit and say that the President doesn’t have sense and nobody arrested him. Now he’s coupled the Presbyterian Church with the NPP. And he’s on the Peace Council- I wonder who put him there and why he should continue being there,” a livid Twum Boafo said on Radio Gold’s Alhaji and Alhaji political show Saturday.

But speaking to the media in Accra Tuesday, Rt Rev. Prof. Martey stated that nobody including politician can gag him not even through bribes as he’s not bribable.

“Listen politicians have tried all means to muzzle me but they can’t. Politicians came to my house with bribes, fat envelopes, $100,000. And also with the promises that if you keep quiet we’ll give you a house at Trassaco with swimming pool and four wheel drives. These people were lucky that I did not have big dogs in my house, else I would have released the dogs to bite them so that the whole world to ask Papa Moderator why are you so cruel and I will them tell, ask what they came to do.

He added:”You know what they have tried all means to muzzle me but they couldn’t and they can’t. You know what I will speak today, and speak tomorrow. You know the tax I pay, when my pay slip comes and I see the tax I pay, I get frightened, but at the same time I say praise be to God because it’s going to build our Nation. Then when my tax goes, you babies with sharp teethes steal the money and you don’t want us to talk? We will talk today and talk tomorrow. I pay tax but some of them don’t pay tax, even some of them don’t pay tax. Even the petrol allowance that is given me I pay tax on each gallon.”