One hopes that President Akufo-Addo's government will do everything possible to maintain Ghana’s reputation as a democratic nation in which due process and the rule of law prevail.
For a number of reasons it is now hard to resist the temptation to conclude that powerful hardliners in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) are manipulating state institutions to persecute targeted individuals associated with the erstwhile Mahama administration. That is intolerable in a democracy.
And it does absolutely no good at all to the credentials of a government that says it is pro-business and seeks to make the private-sector the engine of growth by promoting an entrepreneurial culture in Ghana.
The persecution of one of Ghana's leading business leaders, Ibrahim Mahama, flies in the face of all those platitudes. What sane investor will venture into a nation that treats one of its leading indigenous usiness leaders in such cavalier fashion, I ask?
Whiles no one connected with the previous government, who has committed any crimes must be allowed to get away with it, the presumption in our democracy is that one is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Always.
If investigations are being carried out into the affairs of Engineers and Planners, why should its CEO, Ibrahim Mahama, be treated as a convicted criminal - and sections of the media deliberately used to give the false impression that he ripped-off Ghana by using his connections with those in power whiles his brother served as Ghana's president?
Ibrahim Mahama, like all Ghanaian citizens, is entitled to his good name, whiles investigations of alleged past wrongdoing on his part are carried out.
The question is: Why is the presumption of innocence whiles investigations go on into the allegations made against him not being observed?
We should not allow the obsessions of the Kennedy Agyapong with Ibrahim Mahama's business dealings to ruin Ghana's reputation as a safe and welcoming investment destination - particularly at a time when Ghana needs investment in its real economy to boost growth, create wealth and jobs galore.
President Akufo-Addo must personally ensure that the persecution of Ibrahim Mahama by those powerful and extremist NPP members busy manipulating the system in their quest to destroy him ceases forthwith.
Above all, the more responsible sections of the Ghanaian media need to point out when reporting on such issues that the presumption must always be that Ibrahim Mahama is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Every decent and fair-minded Ghanaian must express his or her abhorrence and strong disapproval whenever Kennedy Agyapong's scurrilous allegations against Ibrahim Mahama are made and given wide coverage by Ghana's mercenary, rented-media that specialise in yellow journalism.
If he is guilty of any crimes against Ghana, in time, Ibrahim Mahama will pay for those crimes. No question. And that is fair enough.
However, whiles investigations go on, the persecution of Ibrahim Mahama by Kennedy Agyapong through the manipulation of state institutions and via the rented-media crowd must be condemned by all fair-minded Ghanaians.
This is a civilised nation of laws - not a banana republic run for profit by powerful individuals manipulating its system for their own selfish ends. In our democracy Ibrahim Mahama is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law - like all Ghanaian citizens: and thus entitled to his good name and dignity in the interim. After all, he may actually be innocent - despite Kennedy Agyapong's outrageous allegations against him
Source: Kofi Thompson/ghanaweb.com
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Absolute baseless to say the least. When people steal from the state and time catch up with them they immediately resort of politics, and because the citizens have no clue they in turn support the "stealer". Africa and Politics sad..
Another B00tl1cker!!!
Another ***barred word***!!!!
What is this Thompson man saying? There is the public court which will give it's judgment whilst we await the Court's ruling.
Massa ; the writer of this repetitive 'GARBAGE' needs his priorities about this so called businesman Ibrahim Mahama ;because nobody is accusing Ibraim of anything besides it is the law that will prounouce his him guilty or not guilty; the business credential of Ibrahim Mahama is not the subject of discussion or questioning by EOCO neither is relation as a sibling og Jon Mahama in doubt ; the question here is should Ghana overlook his deals with Cococ Board and the issue with paying customs duties to the GOG because he is this great business man that you prfess him to be besides if he was this astute business person without any blemish in business with a private jet; big houses; employing vast number of people ; owns a family bank and has all the connections and contacts in Ghana ; then why on earth is he involved in this under hand tactics of signing dude cheques on the false impression that he has some kind of arragements with customs because the customs rules does not allow non -payment of duties and so why should Ibrahim Mahama evade duties by clearing his goods late friday and involved also in clearing goods at night besides if anything at all he should have paid the taxes bby now if there was any delays ; the truth of the matter was that Ibrahim has no intention of paying the duties; massa; do not think Ghanaians are fulls ; they know the evil deeds of this Mahama family ; who do you think reported the matter to Ken Agyepong ; it was a Ghanaian patriot ; Ken Agyepong has not done anything WRONG and does E>>NV>>VY Ibrahim Mahama; do you remember the Woyome case ; Ken Agyepong was given the information within the system and whe it broke out ; NDC said it was not TRUE but we all know the TRUTH today ; to me it is the sheer FRAUDULENT activities that Ken Agyepong is fighting against because anybody or full can be a businessman if you are prepared to send girls on errand to go and sell drugs or still from banks and owe huge sums of money to the banks :Nayeele Mahama in UK jail ; PLEASE STOP YOUR NOISE ABOUT IBRAHIM MAHAMA BECAUSE HE IS KRIMINAL AND A THIFF ; the same happened to Woyome .