Member of Parliament for North Tongu and anti-corruption crusader Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has been relentless in his pursuit to uncover all alleged corrupt activities surrounding the National Cathedral project in Ghana.

The latest bombshell is photos and details of one Mr Cary Lee Summers, who has reportedly received some US$6m from the government as the Consultant for the United States on Ghana’s National Cathedral project.

In a detailed Facebook post updating Ghanaians on his recent discovery about the project, Ablakwa outlined some questionable decisions and transactions involved in the acquisition of a certificate of incorporation for the NC in the United States of America.

During his investigations in the United States of America, Mr Ablakwa visited several venues and took pictures to support his exposé. In two of these pictures, a Caucasian male who appears to be in his fifties is seen lurking in the background.

Ablakwa described the man as Mr Cary Lee Summers in his Facebook post and said, "Mr Summers made it into my pictures while briskly entering his car," suggesting that Mr Summers' picture was not deliberately taken.

How did this come about?

Ablakwa disclosed in his report that he had visited Springfield, Missouri in pursuit of the truth about an address Mr Cary Lee Summers provided as his company, the Nehemiah Group's address, which according to Ablakwa he also provides on official documents filed with US authorities.

According to Ablakwa, this decision stemmed from the information gathered that "on the 'National' Cathedral website, the website of Nehemiahgroup.io, and with official documents filed with US authorities, Cary Lee Summers provides this address '3119 S Scenic Ave, Suite A, Springfield, MO 65807,' as the physical address of the Nehemiah Group.

Cary Lee Summers (As seen on nationalcathedralghana.org)

Cary Lee Summers's address as seen on nehemiahgroup.io:portfolio

National Cathedral listed under the Portfolio page on nehemiahgroup.io:portfolio

Upon arrival, Ablakwa recounts that there was nothing at the location concerning Nehemiah Group. Instead, he and his team spotted "a ramshackle warehouse with the inscription: Churchill Coffee Company, Wholesale Division." It was at this point Mr. Summers would show up.

The moment where Mr. Summers' pictures were "taken" by Mr Ablakwa briefly followed after Mr Summers reportedly stepped out of a coffee wholesale division nearby and passed in the background of some pictures Mr Ablakwa was taking of himself at the location as evidence of his findings.

"While I was assessing the shacky warehouse which has portions used as a gym, Mr. Cary Lee Summers stepped out of his coffee wholesale division and made it into my pictures while briskly entering his car in very casual attire," he wrote.

The alleged Mr. Summers had on a black T-shirt and what looked like American flag-branded bike shorts with grey sneakers. He also has tucked to his chest, what looked like other clothes and a coffee cup in his hand.

"How on earth did a Nehemiah Group address with its CEO keeping our colossal US$6 million under a bankrupt economy lead us to a warehouse?" he quizzed.

While some argue that the alleged pictures of Mr. Summers were inappropriately or unethically acquired, others assert that Mr. Ablakwa did not maliciously take those pictures as they just happened to be candid photos that have a passer-by that happens to be Mr. Summers.

This is part of the several revelations in Part 1 of Ablakwa's latest "National" Cathedral exposé. Ablakwa's dedication to uncovering alleged corrupt activities surrounding the National Cathedral project has gained him a reputation as an anti-corruption crusader.

"In this latest instalment of 'National' Cathedral transgressions, my international partners and I will be focusing attention on findings from our investigations into the Akufo-Addo government’s cathedral operations in the United States of America,” Ablakwa wrote.

Okudzeto Ablakwa has been vocal about his opposition to the National Cathedral project, which is a government-sponsored initiative to build a Christian worship centre in Accra.

He has made countless allegations of corruption and fraud against the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral and its secretary, Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng. He claims that the project will cost the country about $1 billion, instead of the initial $100 million budget, and has promised to release more explosive documents.

Today, a court ruling on a contempt application filed by Rev. Kusi Boateng against him went in his favour.

In response, he wrote on Facebook, "It’s certainly great that an Accra High Court today dismissed Kwabena Adu Gyamfi & Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng’s contempt application which demanded that I be committed to prison with cost of GHS10,000 awarded against him. Now the distraction is off; expect more US explosives on Thursday. For God and Country. Ghana First."

He says he will not be silenced by the legal threats and will continue to expose the truth about the National Cathedral.

Source: The Independent Ghana