The Editor of 'News One' newspaper has
described renowned gospel artist Sonnie Badu as
a liar for denying it was his (Sonnie Badu's)
voice on a recording where the artist is alleged
to have stated that a lot of Ghanaian gospel
musicians sing "nonsense" and call it gospel.
Halifax Ansah in an interview with Braa Chef on
Brunch2lunch, the mid-morning show on Radio
Univers on Tuesday described Sonnie Badu as
someone with a lying personality if he (Sonnie
Badu) was insisting that he never made
statements that implied that many Ghanaian
gospel songs do not make sense.
According to Mr. Ansah, Sonnie Badu made
those comments at a press conference he
organised some two years ago. He went on to
add that if the story he had published wasn't
true, "why would he (Sonnie Badu) send two
people to come plead with me to stop running
the story?"
According to the editor of the newspaper, one
gospel artist and a movie personality came
pleading with him to stop running the story
since it was destroying the internationally
acclaimed gospel singer's reputation.
In his quest to corroborate his earlier words in
the said interview, Halifax said "sometimes
certain people just want to force us to say things
we don't want to say. He said he was going to
have a press conference today, ask him why he
has still not been able to have it. He should be
explaining to people why certain artists pulled
out of the concert.
He should explain why the likes of Cwesi Oteng
and Ohemaa Mercy pulled out of his show at the
very last minute, look, he shouldn't force some
of us to say things."
The editor of the newspaper was reacting to a
social media post by gospel artist Sonnie Badu
which described a story published by News One
as falsehood.
Below are some excerpts of Sonnie Badu's
quotes on social media
"It's been drawn to our attention that there is a
news circulation that I said this and that about
Ghanaian gospel artistes. Well, first of all I am a
big fan of Ghana gospel music and I would never
say such a thing …" he said.
The renowned gospel musician continued, "It's
quite sad that upon the victory God gave us all
on Saturday, someone tries to destroy what God
is doing. It's sad that in your own country
instead of people appreciating your efforts they
are doing all they can to destroy what God is
doing."
Sonnie Badu clarified that, "Once again I am a
big fan of Ghana gospel music and I will
continue in my own little way to let the world
know about this beautiful country."
In response to the newspaper's publication, the
artiste said "The sad thing is that the newspaper
that released that false news was media partners
who were paid to talk about the show. Still I say
thank you to them for all their support but it's
my cross and I will carry it. Kwame Nkrumah
was never appreciated by his own until he died."
Before now, read Sonnie's defense via I never
said gospel musicians sing nonsense – Sonnie
Badu reacts
Source: Green Marble
