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Okraku-Mantey jumps to Ofori Amponsah’s defense

Chief Executive Officer of Slip Music, Mark Okraku-Mantey is questioning the rationale behind people chiding Ofori Amponsah for his inability to quote a verse from the Bible.
Mark Okraku-Mantey, CEO of Slip Music
Mark Okraku-Mantey, CEO of Slip Music

Ofori Amponsah who has staged a comeback to highlife years after quitting music to become a pastor choked on a question about his favourite Bible verse in an interview on Starr 103.5 FM.

Although he was able to recite a verse, Ofori Amponsah was unable to tell where the verse could be found in the Bible.

“I can’t give you the exact place it can be found,” he said.

READ MORE: > The 'comeback' of Ofori Amponsah; a blessing in disguise?

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Some have chastised him and cast doubt about his competence as a pastor.

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But Okraku-Mantey speaking on Hitz FM’s Daybreak Hitz on Thursday disagreed with assertions that Ofori Amponsah’s inability to tell the location of the verse shows that he is not a man of God.

“You have no right to judge him. Are you telling me that if a spiritualist gives a quotation from the Bible, that means he is doing God’s work?” he queried.

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Okraku-Mantey believes that Ofori Amponsah may have felt intimidated by the previous question.

“Ofori’s ego was bruised before that question. I don’t see this as a big deal. Is it about the quotation or the content? He couldn’t give a quotation and so what? He may have been provoked with a question. I’m told he was asked if indeed he is a fraudster. That question made Ofori lose his cool. You can sweat in an air-condition room. What about that?” he argued.

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Meanwhile, the management of Ofori Amponsah has conceded that it did not help the artiste in some aspects of his comeback.

READ MORE: > We have let Ofori Amponsah down – Management

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