Jagdeo admits 15-year friendship with Ahmad

Bharrat Jagdeo

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that he has been friends with mortgage fraud-accused businessman, Ed Ahmad for around 15 years but would not condone any wrongdoing.

He also reiterated that Ahmad, the real-estate broker who was charged last week in New York and placed on US$2.5M bond, helped the PPP support group, Association of Concerned Guyanese (ACG), but has not contributed any money to the campaign of the party’s Presidential Candidate, Donald Ramotar.

“The General Secretary said they hadn’t collected any money (from Ahmad) for this campaign,” Jagdeo said at a media briefing at the