Former Special Prosecutor Martin
Amidu has dared President Akufo-Addo to invite independent anti-corruption
officers from Singapore, UK, US or Denmark to probe the controversial Agyapa
Royalties Transaction Agreement if they will not arrive at the same conclusion
he did.
Mr Amidu in his anti-corruption
assessment report on the Agyapa deal said the Transaction Advisor(s) involved
in the deal were susceptible to “nepotism, cronyism and favouritism”.
According to Mr Amidu, the Agyapa
Royalties Transaction is suspected to have been “intended to rob the chiefs and
people of Ghana of their patrimony as the beneficiaries of the gold extractive
resources of our dear country in perpetuity for the benefit of a very few
members of the president’s government as distinct from the New Patriotic
Party.”
Mr Amidu said this in response
to comments made by the Presidency after accepting his resignation as Special
Prosecutor.
According to the citizen
vigilante, he resigned as Special Prosecutor because the President was
interfering in his work with regards to the Agyapa deal and wanted him to
‘shelve’ the report.
But the President in a letter
accepting Mr Amidu’s resignation denied ever interfering in his work and rather
said he gave him all the assistance and independence to operate.
Mr Amidu, however, in his latest
reply said he is confident of his findings in the Agyapa deal.
He said: “The government may wish to invite a trusted and
friendly anti-corruption country such as Singapore or the United Kingdom or the
United States or Denmark to send independent anti-corruption officers to
replicate my analysis and anti-corruption assessment work giving rise to the
report using the same source letters and documents.
“I am confident, professionally
and ethically that they will arrive at the same anti-corruption assessments
contained in the Agyapa Royalties Limited Transactions Report.”
“I explained this my dear
friend, the Minister of Finance when he visited me as early as 5.36am on the
morning of 22 October 2020, in the company of a mutual friend.”
“I pray that the president takes
up this challenge so that the concerted effort he’s leading to throw me under
the bus and bringing my reputation into disrepute for acting professionally in
the Agyapa anti- corruption assessment report in which the President has a
personal interest comes to an end,” he added.
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