The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has withdrawn his allegations of recruitment fraud against the Interior Minister, Muntaka Mubarak, and apologised publicly in Parliament.

The apology on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, followed a referral by First Deputy Speaker Bernard Ahiafor to the Privileges Committee for contempt, after the Interior Minister described Afenyo-Markin’s claims as untrue and harmful.

Afenyo-Markin had previously alleged that the recruitment exercise, managed with the help of a third-party IT firm, was a scam that unfairly burdened applicants financially.

Addressing Parliament, he clarified his intentions: “Mr Speaker, I will not do that to hurt him or tarnish his reputation, and if the text of my concern reflected so, it is hereby accordingly withdrawn. I assure you that concerns that will arise out of any matter shall be properly brought to his attention.”

Muntaka, accepting the apology, acknowledged the emotional weight of the accusations: “It is painful to be wrongly accused and be labelled differently from the intention that you have, especially when it is connected with heavy wrongdoing. I am heavily hurt and heavily worried, but who am I to say that I will not accept when my colleague comes to apologise? I accept it wholeheartedly.”

He also appealed for the incident to be removed from parliamentary records: “My plea is that, if it is possible, it should be expunged from our records so that it will be as though it never happened.”