Attention: Hon. Martin Alamisi Burnes Kaiser Amidu Dear Sir, I am your admirer, and I admire you for the simple reason that your gut precede your fame. Indeed, my admiration for you goes back to the days when you singlehandedly took on the status quo under the Mills’ regime. You left government on a […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has referred the Airbus bribery scandal to the Office of the Special Prosecutor. The Special Prosecutor according to a statement issued by the Communications Directorate of the Presidency, is to collaborate with his counterparts in the United Kingdom (UK) for the conduct of a prompt inquiry into the matter. Signed […]
Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu on Wednesday clashed in court with Deputy Attorney, General Godfred Yeboah Dame. While the Special Prosecutor remarked “if you don’t respect me you can’t come to me”, the Deputy AG said Mr Amidu had no right to suggest his office was not working towards retrieving some €47 million paid to Waterville Holdings […]
The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu has invited the suspended Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Agyenim Boateng Adjei for questioning in relation to corruption allegations against him. The embattled PPA boss was handed a suspension by president Akufo-Addo following the airing of investigative piece, ‘Contracts for Sale’ by Manasseh Azure Awuni. The […]
The Special Prosecutor, Mr Martin A.B.K. Amidu, has taken full responsibility for the defects in the drafting of the charge sheet in the case against the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mr Mahama Ayariga, and another. “All we have to do is to make sure that our particulars meet the standard. I welcome […]
Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga is optimistic that the Supreme Court will resolve Monday’s ruling by the High Court that dismissed a motion he filed against Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu. According to the legislator, the court has admitted that the case is already in the Supreme Court which makes its ruling seem premature. An application […]
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Majority Leader, Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, has disclosed that the leadership of Parliament have engaged the Special Prosecutor (SP), Mr. Martin Amidu in discussions over Mahama Ayariga’s suit. He says, he was invited to Parliament to meet the leadership of the house over what the House can do about […]
The Bawku Central Constituency Youth wing of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu of engaging in vendetta and selective justice, with regards to the prosecution of the Member of Parliament for the area, Mahama Ayariga for tax evasion. According a press release issued by the youth a while […]
The Special Prosecutor has begun the prosecution of Bawku Central MP after charging him for fraudulently evading tax and dealing in foreign currency without a license. Mahama Ayariga has been charged with the fraudulent evasion of taxes after he paid the duty of ¢6,000 when he imported three Toyota land cruisers instead of approved duty […]
Once again, Ghanaians woke up to chilling news (though it has not been authenticated by the SP’s Office) that His Excellency Ex-President John Dramani Mahama’s name is on the list of the alleged bribery and corruption cases being investigated by the Special Prosecutor’s Office. If, indeed, the former president’s name is on the said list, […]
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has expressed worry over the seeming inaction from the Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) 12 months after its establishment. According to the NPP, the inaction characterizing the office headed by former Attorney General and Minister of Justice Martin Amidu has heightened the public’s impatience thus the need to change […]
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Bawku Central Constituency in Upper East Region, Mahama Ayariga has served notice that he will contest the Special Prosecutor’s request for mobile telecoms giant, MTN to furnish his office with his call records. To this end the former Minister for Information in the erstwhile NDC […]
