Martin Amidu, the former Special Prosecutor, accused President Nana Akufo-Addo of sacrificing the former Minister of State for the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen.
In his view, the president sacrificed him for political expediency.
He opined that the embattled former minister should have been axed in 2018.
“Again, if the President was serious about his fight against corruption, Mr. Adu Boahen would not have been promoted from Deputy Minister in the first term to a Minister of State during the second term of President Akufo-Addo.
“The President who was already under pressure from rebel members of his majority caucus to remove Adu Boahen from office for the economic mess caused by the President’s management of the country, chose to sacrifice him for political expediency,” he said.
Mr. Amidu said the reason why the former minister was sacked was something he did in 2018.
He said the “alleged suspected corruption offence for which Charles Adu Boahen’s appointment was terminated on 14 November 2022 was committed on 8 February 2018 in his capacity as a Deputy Minister for Finance under the 7th Parliament and Government of the Fourth Republic whose tenure ended on 6 January 2021.”
“The suspected corruption on 8 February 2018 was known to the Government through Kennedy Agyapong who had obtained a copy of the videotape and did not make a secrete of it to the Government. Nonetheless, Adu Boahen was paid his end-of-service benefits for his services to that Government.”
He further alleged that the president had a copy of the documentary by Anas but went ahead to nominate him for a role as a minister.
“The President nominated Charles Adu Boahen for approval by Parliament as Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance under the 8th Parliament and Government of the Fourth Republic in January 2021.”
Meanwhile, he also revealed that during the vetting period, Tiger Eye PI, on the other hand, failed to confront Parliament about his eligibility.
The excuse they gave was “that Kennedy Agyapong had intercepted the videotape on the 8th February 2018 suspected corruption by Adu Boahen is spurious, naive, and untenable, to be told only to the marines.”
“In this information technologic and communications age, no experienced covert investigation agent such as Anas Aremeyaw Anas and Tiger Eye PI would put all its eggs in one basket by having one original video record after the 8 February 2018 event without spiriting a back-up or pack-ups into the cloud.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
