Tag Archives: AMIDU

Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, the chairperson of the Finance Committee of Parliament has lambasted the report of the Special Prosecutor on the corruption risk assessment on the Agyapa Royalties Minerals agreement. According to him, Martin Amidu’s final report which he sent to the President was full of “conjectures, hypotheticals, hearsays. He’s …

Martin Amidu, the Special Prosecutor has given notice of completion of corruption risk assessment by his office into the controversial Agyapa Royalties deal. Amidu announced in a press release that in line with standard practice, his outfit has served the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta copies of …

Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has called on former President John Mahama to desist from “dragging” his name into politics. According to him, some utterances of the NDC flagbearer appear to entangle the Office of the Special Prosecutor with politics. “I have read with dismay the deliberate efforts by certain Presidential …

Former president John Mahama has served notice he will not interfere with the work of the special prosecutor, Martin Amidu, in the likely event that he wins the 2020 elections. Mr. Mahama said the role of the special prosecutor is important in the fight against corruption hence he will allow the …

Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has accused the Ministry of Finance, specifically Deputy Minister Charles Adu Boahen, of delaying the OSP’s corruption risk assessment being carried out on the controversial Agyapa deal. In an interview with Accra-based Citi FM, Mr Amidu said: “We wanted them to give us all the payments …

The government of Ghana has frozen the launch of the Initial Public Offering (IPO) by Agyapa Royalties pending the completion of a corruption risk assessment by the Office of the Special Prosecutor. A letter signed by Deputy Finance Minister, Mr Charles Adu Boahene, and addressed to the OSP, said: “The …

The special prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has slammed the author of the book ‘Working with Rawlings’ Professor Kwamena Ahwoi in his fourth critique of the popular book. In his latest epistle, Mr Amidu also attacked the reviewer of the book Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang cannot saying both people cannot be trusted …

Civil Society Organisation Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), has called on Special Prosecutor (SP) Martin Awudu, to regularly give Ghanaians an account of the cases that his office is dealing with. According to the GII, this will help the citizenry gain a better understanding of the operations of the office of …

Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has refuted claims by Professor Kwamena Ahwoi that he and late former Vice President Amissah-Arthur were members of the National Reform Movement before joining the PNDC regime under former President Rawlings. Reacting to the claims in the controversial book – Working with Rawlings- the Special prosecutor …

The request to have International Police (Interpol) arrest Samuel Adam Mahama, brother of ex-President John Dramani Mahama, in connection with the Airbus SE five million Euro bribery scandal, was at the instance of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) headed by Martin Amidu.   A police statement signed by …