Plot to kill President Granger was a hoax

The man who accused a businessman of offering him $7M to assassinate President David Granger allegedly offered to pay an associate to lie about being present when the deal was made.

Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum confirmed that a confrontation was held between “an individual” and the person who implicated the businessman, but declined to comment further. However the media was told that the individual contacted police to refute the allegation that the alleged ‘hired assassin’ had made against the businessman. “He came forward and said that approached him, and said that he needed him to corroborate his story and say that he was present when the proposal was made,” a source said. During the confrontation with the two men, the associate also accused the ‘hired assassin’ of offering him money to lie about being present. The associate told police he rejected the offer. The men were not detained, but police are to send a file on the case to the Force’s Legal Advisor. Prior to this, police had indicated that they were unable to locate the man who had implicated the businessman. Meanwhile, the Ministry of the Presidency yesterday refuted a Demerara Waves story which alleged that the accused individual in the alleged plot attended the Presidential Advisor’s birthday party. “The Ministry of the Presidency notes with concern the sensational and misleading Demerara Waves headline posted on April 24, 2017- ‘Man fingered in plot to assassinate Granger attended Presidential Adviser’s recent birthday party.’” “The Ministry of the Presidency wishes to inform all and sundry that Mr. Basil Blackman AA, the individual mentioned in the sensational report, is not an adviser to His Excellency David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, neither is he an official of the Ministry of the Presidency.

(Kaieteurnews.com)