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The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu has challenged former president John Dramani Mahama to be a man and show up for interrogation if he doesn’t have a hand in the Airbus bribery scandal.
According to Martin Amidu, he has gathered enough evidence to proof that John Dramani Mahama is indeed the Government Official 1 citied in the scandal.
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In a statement, Martin Amidu stated that, “Your Excellency, the wise and the brave former President John Dramani Mahama, man-up, wise-up, and be brave enough to come with two lawyers of your own choice to be cautioned and interrogated by this Office to demonstrate your valour and wisdom as not being elected Government Official 1 and also as not being the first guarantor to Samuel Adam Mahama’s passport application.”
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This comes after the flagbearer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) jabbed the Special Prosecutor for saying that he deferred the decision to probe Mahama because he is contesting for the presidency in the forthcoming general elections.
Mr. Mahama was incensed over the Special Prosecutor comment in his corruption risk assessment on the Agyapa Gold Royalties Agreement and tagged him as coward and stupid.
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In a statement today, Mr Amidu has defended his decision to defer the investigations saying it is in the interest of national security but if Mahama is brave enough, he should man-up for interrogation.
“The long public service of the Special Prosecutor spanning various aspects of security and intelligence from the period February 1982 to 7″ January 2001, and July 2009 to January 2012 makes him more experienced in determining when it is not conducive to the national security interest to foolhardily take certain law and order actions. The Special Prosecutor owes that exercise of discretion to his vast experience over the years, his responsibility to maintain national stability, and his conscience as a patriotic anti-corruption crusading Ghanaian”
“There is no question of stupidity or cowardice about it. Any person aspiring to be President of Ghana for a second term who does not know that a cardinal principle in security and intelligence is that “caution is the better part of valour” was not and is not worth the vote,” Amidu said.
Check the statement below
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