The investigation into an alleged bribery scandal in Parliament involving a Ghanaian businessman has been completed by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
The alleged businessman allegedly tried to bribe certain MPs who requested the resignation of Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta.
According to the OSP, it was forced to stop the investigation because the main accuser in the case, Asante-Akim-North MP Andy Appiah Kubi, had not cooperated.
It went on to say that the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, who made a similar claim, “denied direct knowledge of the matter” throughout the investigation.
The OSP in its report explained that, although it is convinced that a “certain well-known wealthy Ghanaian businessman visited Parliament House circa 1 October 2022 and requested a meeting with a section of NPP Members of Parliament and that the businessman in question had attempted to offer them money to influence their demand for the resignation or removal of Mr. Ofori-Atta, and that Mr. [Name withheld by the OSP] is the businessman in question – the rehearsed and choreographed refusal to cooperate and continued refusal to cooperate by the accuser and vital key, Mr. Appiah-Kubi, produced the very unhappy result that there is not enough probative evidence (direct or circumstantial) to sustain the institution of criminal proceedings against the OSP’s identified suspect.”
“On that reckoning, the Special Prosecutor directs the closure of the investigation in respect of allegations that a well-known and wealthy businessman attempted to bribe a section of the majority caucus of Parliament. The Special Prosecutor determines that the institution of criminal proceedings, at this time, against the OSP’s identified suspect would serve no useful purpose. The investigation may be re-opened should the circumstances and further facts so dictate,” the OSP added in its report.
By: Rashid Obodai Provencal/Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
