Prophet of Peril

– Kusi Boateng Plays Emotional Victim Card as Forensic Noose Tightens

TNR Files

The man of God who once sat at the very heart of Ghana’s most controversial public project is now singing a song of martyrdom and the timing couldn’t be more suspicious.

Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng, founder of Power Chapel Worldwide and former secretary to the Board of Trustees of the abandoned National Cathedral, has defiantly declared that he is “prepared to go to prison” an unprovoked outburst that has set tongues wagging across the political and religious spectrum.

But why now? Why would a clergyman, known for his close ties to the NPP’s top brass, suddenly cry persecution from the pulpit, with the wife of former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia the very Samira Bawumia sitting right there in the congregation, nodding and smiling?

Barely a week after government spokesman Felix Kwakye Ofosu revealed that the much-awaited forensic audit on the National Cathedral project has been submitted to the Attorney General for review, Kusi Boateng’s emotional outburst appears less like a sermon and more like a pre-emptive cry for help.

Insiders tell The New Republic that the forensic report commissioned after the Deloitte audit exposed financial and procurement irregularities is expected to be damning. And the man who once juggled two identities, Kwabena Adu Gyamfi and Victor Kusi Boateng, is now sweating bullets.

“Prison is not for animals. It is for human beings. I have been there. I didn’t die. I came back,” he thundered from the altar. But the question on every patriot’s lip is: Why is a man of God so fixated on jail if he has nothing to hide?

In a calculated move that many are reading as a desperate attempt to lock in political support, Kusi Boateng openly declared: “Dr. Bawumia is my friend and will continue to be my friend. I will not hide. I am not a hypocrite.”

This while Samira Bawumia, a devout Muslim, sat in a Christian congregation an image of interfaith solidarity that the prophet seems to be weaponizing.

But here’s the kicker: No one has publicly questioned his friendship with the former VP. So why the sudden, unsolicited defence? Political analysts see it as a classic insurance policy a pre-arranged call for help should the state come knocking.

“He is sounding the alarm so that when the arrest comes, the NPP and Dr. Bawumia will not abandon him. He wants party faithful to storm the investigative agencies and demand his release,” a close source revealed.

Let’s not forget: Rev. Kusi Boateng is no stranger to scandal. In 2023, North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa petitioned CHRAJ over allegations of conflict of interest, multiple identities, and financial impropriety. CHRAJ cleared him on the passport issue but found serious procurement breaches and recommended further prosecution over the awarding of contracts to Ribade Company.

Then came the GH¢2.6 million payment to JNS Talent Centre Limited a company that, according to CHRAJ, rendered no services. The commission concluded it was a reimbursement for funds the man of God had allegedly advanced to pay contractors when the Secretariat ran dry. Convenient, isn’t it?

And just last month, the Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal against Ablakwa, awarding GH¢40,000 in costs against him, holding that the MP’s claims were grounded in truth and public interest.

Adding to the theatre, another heavyweight Pastor Mensa Otabil of ICGC recently lambasted critics of the National Cathedral, calling them “small-minded” and blaming politics for crushing the vision. “We need to build massively to the glory of God,” he said.

But is this a divine call or a diversionary tactic? With the forensic audit now in the hands of the Attorney General, the church’s apologists are scrambling to reframe the narrative painting investigators as enemies of faith.

The National Cathedral project, once touted as a legacy monument, has become a black hole of public funds. Multiple probes CHRAJ, OSP, Deloitte, NIB, and now PwC have all sniffed around, each uncovering layers of questionable transactions.

President Mahama dissolved the Secretariat in May 2025 and initiated steps to dissolve the Board of Trustees. Attorney General Dominic Ayine has made it clear: no prosecution can proceed without the forensic report. Now that it’s on his desk, the clock is ticking.

Rev. Kusi Boateng’s tears from the pulpit may win him sympathy from the NPP faithful, but Ghanaians are not fools. His insistence that he is “ready for prison” reeks of a man who knows the axe is about to fall and is desperately trying to rally an army of political defenders.

“If for this reason, anybody wants to imprison me, go ahead,” he declared. But the real question is: Will he still be smiling when the forensic report lays bare every cedi, every contract, and every hidden handshake?

The New Republic will be watching. And so should every taxpayer who funded this abandoned edifice.