Professor of Political Science at the University of Ghana, Ransford Edward Van Gyampo, has expressed confidence in Martin Luther Kpebu, a private legal practitioner, over his appointment as a member of John Mahama’s ‘ORAL’.
He has charged Mr. Kpebu, who is his colleague regular panelist on TV3’s KeyPoint, not to fail on the mandate given him and four others as members on John Mahama’s Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) committee.
Expressing his congratulations to the renowned lawyer on his appointment to the committee, Prof. Gyampo averred he will make Ghana a living hell for Kpebu if he fails on the mandate given to him.
He noted that a victory for the NPP in the just-ended election would have ended the hopes of people like himself and others on Ghana becoming a better country.
However, he is confident the power reposed in his colleague will not be a wasted effort since he has championed the same cause with him over the years for the betterment of the country.
“Congratulations to my own friend, Martin Kpebu. But Martin, remember, that you and I, would have contemplated leaving Ghana and abandoning Ghanaians to their own fate if they had made another mistake of voting for the NPP and remnants of the NPP. So similarly, Martin, I’m calling on you, don’t fail. I know you won’t fail but if you fail, then you have to also leave the country because I’ll personally ensure that you know no peace if you fail,” he charged.
The President-elect, after naming the five-member committee for ORAL, explained that his outfit received several calls and text messages from people regarding corruption and corruption-related activities in various places that required probe.
He said it became necessary that evidence substantiating these allegations are put together and forwarded to the appropriate state agencies mandated to work on them after taking over the government.
John Mahama says the team will not be determining which individual or group to be investigate and prosecuted or otherwise, but would rather assemble the evidences being provided by the public for onward action to be taken by the appropriate state institutions.
“Some call me on my phone, some text me, others pass through other people. We want a focal point where all that evidence is directed so that they can assemble that evidence and once we come into office…, ORAL is not going to be investigating people. It is going to gather the evidence and pass that evidence to the government institutions that are supposed to do that kind of work,” he explained.
The President-elect was speaking on Thursday, December 19, 2024, when Canadian High Commissioner to Ghana, Myriam Montrat, paid a courtesy call on him.
“With regards to ORAL, Operation Recover All Loot, I announced the appropriately committee and I think people are misunderstanding it. We are receiving a lot of information on things that are going wrong, corruption scandals and all that,” he stated.
John Mahama urged Ghanaians to provide every evidence of corruption they have to the team so they can subsequently submit to the requisite institutions for action to be taken.
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