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The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu has explained why his office has not interrogated former president John Dramani Mahama on the famous Airbus scandal.
According to Mr. Amidu, his office has not been able to interrogate the NDC’s flagbearer due to the forthcoming general elections.
“The only reason the former President has not been invited for interrogation is the fact that he got himself an insurance as the Presidential candidate of the other largest political party in Ghana and prudence dictated that the Interrogation be held in abeyance during this election season.
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“The former President has also not offered to make any voluntary statement to this office,” Mr. Amidu said in the statement.
This forms part of the risk assessment report the Office of the Special Prosecutor presented to government on the Agyapa Royalties deal which has been forwarded for parliamentary proceedings.
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It would be recalled that in July this year, the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) issued a red notice for Samuel Adams Fosters also known as Samuel Adam Mahama (Brother to former President John Dramani Mahama) in connection with the role he played in the Airbus bribery scandal during the era of John Mahama as president of the republic.
Mr. Adams was accused for allegedly accepting a bribe to influence a public officer and acting in conjunction with a public officer for the officer’s personal gain.
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Ghana was among five countries in the globe that the European aviation company, Airbus, paid or attempted to pay millions of dollars in bribes in for contracts, which got bursted and resulted to a £3 billion fine by a court in Britain.
The investigations of the UK’s SFO identified six key actors involving in the Ghana deal which were Government Official 1 (high ranking and elected), Intermediary 5 (British national and close relative of Government Official 1), Company D (corporate vehicle for Intermediary 5 – shareholder), Intermediary 6 (British national and associate of Intermediary 5), Intermediary 7 (British national and associate of Intermediary 5), as well as Intermediary 8 (Spanish company and front for Intermediary 5).
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