A member of John Mahama’s Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) team, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has said his committee will not be using its powers to witch hunt people to serve other’s personal interests.
He says they will subject every issue that comes to the team to scrutiny, demanding for evidence or sources of same before proceeding with further actions.
His comments come on the back of some names that have come out as possible persons to be investigated by the team following its constitution by the President-elect Wednesday, December 18, 2024.
Speaking on Onua TV’s morning show, Maakye, with Captain Smart Thursday, December 19, 2024, he said “we will investigate every information given to us because our committee is not to serve people’s personal interest or vindictive moods that they want us to go.”
“So, if you bring us something we’ll look at the value of it and see if it carries some weight. If we realise it has substance, then we’ll pack it and say this requires further investigation to go. It’s not because you don’t like someone so you’ll bring the person to face Domelevo or Ablakwa,” he indicated.
Mr. Domelevo indicated that “audits or investigation is based on facts.”
“Maybe you may not like Gabby and you can bring his name. But we’ll ask you what he has done and the evidence. So if you don’t have the evidence, I don’t think we can go further. Unless you have the evidence or you point us to where the evidence is then we can go and look at it,” he explained further.
President-elect John Dramani Mahama named a five-member committee to spearhead his ‘Operation Recover All Loot’ to retrieve proceeds of corruption and hold persons responsible for such deeds accountable.
In a statement issued by the Spokesperson for the transition team of the incoming administration, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, noted that the “Team has been set up to receive and gather information from members of the public and other sources,on suspected acts of corruption.”
The Team comprises the following individuals: Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwah – Chairman, Daniel Domelovo-Former Auditor-General, COP(Rtd.) Nathaniel Kofi Boakye, Martin Kpebu-Private Legal Practitioner and Raymond Archer-Investigative Journalist.
In his comments on the role of the team, Domelevo said “all the members on the committee are people of integrity and will maintain high sense of integrity. We’ll not witch hunt with the committee.”
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