The former Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Ghana, Martin Amidu, has described the dismissal of the former Minister of State, Charles Adu Boahen, as a matter of simple political expediency.
Speaking on Adu Boahen’s dismissal after being implicated in the recent Anas exposé, Galamsey Economy, Martin Amidu said there is no desire to fight corruption in the current government.
He also tore into Anas Aremeyaw Anas and Tiger Eye PI for releasing the video four long years after it was first recorded.
“[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 secret of it to the Government. Nonetheless, Adu Boahen was paid his end-of-service benefits for his services to that Government.” Amidu said.
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.”
Amidu then turned his ire to the Tiger Eye PI team.
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.” Amidu said.
Source: theGhanaianVoice.Com
