Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Martin Alamisi Burnes Kaiser Amidu, has accused the Special Prosecutor of indulging in malpractices at the blind side of President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
He says William Kissi Agyebeng, the Special Prosecutor, following the malpractices he is indulging in, has turned around to blackmail the government by courting the opposition, civil society organisations and some rented media to create a nonexistent impression that its appointer is the one impeding the work of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
In his latest epistle, the former Special Prosecutor is accusing Mr. Kissi Agyebeng of being deeply involved in the suspected corruption and corruption-related matters currently ongoing at his outfit.
“The Special Prosecutor, William Kissi Agyebeng, is so desperate to protect the
mismanagement, the culture of corruption, massive staff recruitment malpractices, and public
procurement malpractices which have become pervasive and endemic within the Office of the
Special Prosecutor (OSP) on the blind side of President Nana Akufo-Addo.
“The Special Prosecutor has, therefore, resorted first to, blackmailing the government, and secondly courting leading members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) together with other disgruntled members of civil society and a rented media to create the impression that it is his appointing authority that is impeding his so-called fight against corruption.
“The unfortunate facts gathered from information and intelligence are that Kissi Agyebeng, the Special Prosecutor cannot extricate himself from the pervasive suspected corruption and
corruption-related offences taking place within the OSP itself in connection with recruitment
corruption, and public procurement malpractices the OSP is mandated to prevent, investigate, and prosecute,” portions of Mr. Amidu’s epistle indicated.
In a previous epistle written by Mr. Amidu in request of some demands from Mr. Kissi Agyebeng, he said he asked “him to summon his rented media and press as he has serially done against suspects under investigation to deny or affirm to the court of public opinion his role in the corruption and massive public procurement malpractices in the OSP.”
However, Martin Amidu says Mr. Agyebeng’s complicit in the suspect corruption and corruption-related matters at the OSP “is the reason for the inability of the Special Prosecutor to answer my previous challenges to him.”
He reemphasised the OSP’s deep involvement in procurement corruption in Ghana, making him unqualified to call anyone corrupt in the country.
“The OSP’s suspected corruption pot should never be allowed to call the citizen suspected of corruption’s kettle black in the fight against corruption and public procurement malpractices in Ghana,” he stated.
Read Martin Amidu’s full epistle here.
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