Martin Amidu bites Mahama hard

The back and forth between former President John Mahama and the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu seems not to end anytime soon as the latter has finally responded to the former President on his comments about the Airbus scandal in the Agyapa Royalties review report.

It would be recalled that Mr. Amidu in his corruption risk assessment report on the Agyapa deal gave an update on his investigation of the Airbus scandal and said he is convinced John Mahama was involved in wrongdoing.

He also said he was holding on with the probe into Mr. Mahama’s alleged involvement in the infamous scandal till after the December 7 general elections.

But Mr. Mahama said the Special Prosecutor’s deferment was just an attempt to protect the government from the controversy surrounding the transaction.

Replying the former President in a press release today, November 9, 2020, Mr Amidu said: “The long public service of the Special Prosecutor spanning various aspects of security and intelligence from the period of 1982 to 7th January 2001 and July 2009 to January 2012 makes him more experienced in determining when it is not conducive to the national security interest to foolhardy take certain law and order actions. The Special Prosecutor owes that exercise of discretion to his vast experience over the years, his responsibility to maintain national stability and his conscience as a patriotic anti-corruption crusading Ghanaian.”

Adding: “there is no question of stupidity or cowardice about it. Any person aspiring to be President of Ghana for a second term who does not know that a cardinal principle in security and intelligence is that “caution is the better part of valour” was not and is not worth the vote.”