Former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has rated the performance of the Special Prosecutor’s Office since he left in November 2020.
In his new epistle, Mr. Amidu alleged that the current board had their term expired but the President had appointed his crony as representative of the Anti-Corruption Civil Society Organizations.
He insinuated that the past eight months have seen the Office become an “adjunct” of the Presidency.
“Now that the three-year tenure of the Governing Board of the Office has expired, these facts need to be known so that patriotic Ghanaians will be alert and support the Anti-Corruption Civil Society Organizations to ensure that this time round their chosen representative is sworn-in by the President when the new Board comes to be inaugurated.
“The Office of the Special Prosecutor needs to be operationalized and established as a specialized independent anti-corruption agency and not an adjunct of the Presidency as it has been for the past eight months.”
Martin Alamisi Burnes Kaiser Amidu became the first occupant of the anti-graft body in 2018 when he was sworn in by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
But he resigned his position a few days after the death of former President Jerry John Rawlings on Thursday, November 12, 2020.
At the time of his resignation, he described the president as “the mother serpent of corruption”.
Read his full epistle below
By: Rainbowradioonline.com
