Embattled General Secretary of the People's National Convention (PNC), Atik Mohammed, is full of praise for the Akufo-Addo administration for cracking the whip on alleged corrupt officials in the nation.
Contributing to discussions on Peace FM's "Kokrokoo" on the legal suit against the former Chief Executive of the Ghana COCOBOD, Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni and two others, the beleaguered politician believed the fight against fraud and graft will become a success when people involved in any act of corruption are brought to book.
He stated emphatically that Dr. Opuni should face the full rigors of the law to determine his innocence or otherwise.
He noted that should the former COCOBOD Boss and the parties cited in the case - Businessman cum Chief Executive Officer of Zeera Group of Companies, Alhaji Seidu Agongo and Agricult Ghana Ltd - be found guilty of the charges proffered against them, they should be slapped with the necessary punitive measures.
The trio has been sued at the Accra High Court for allegedly for causing financial loss to the state.
The State has leveled a total of 27 charges against them.
A copy of the writ cited by Peacefmonline indicated that they are charged with willfully causing financial loss to the State, defrauding by false pretence, contravention of the Public Procurement Act, corruption of public officer, money laundering among other various offences.
The charges against the trio follows on the heels of President Nana Akufo-Addo's 61st Independence Anniversary address, wherein he told Ghanaians to expect more prosecutions of persons deemed to have engaged in the misappropriation of state funds.
However, some, including members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), consider news the current administration's combat against corruption vis-a-vis the imminent trial of Dr Opuni and his alleged accomplices as purely a matter of political witch-hunting.
But Atik Mohammed sharply disagrees and rebuked critics who share that view saying "if there are no witches, there will never be hunters. If you’re not a witch, there won’t be hunters after you".
"Let’s allow the courts to do their work. If he’s clean as the claim has been made, I am sure they will let him go. If he’s not clean, no man is above the law. The President is not even above the law. He should face the full rigors of the law”, he told sit-in host Nana Yaw Kesseh regarding Dr. Opuni and his accomplices in the alleged scandal.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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This assertion means Atik believes that those women in witch camps at the North are really witches. No wonder those camps are still existing in a 21st century country such as Ghana. People can be witch-hunt even if they are not witches I beg come again
***barred word*** boy, you have been suspended but still pretend to talk for your party, you are the witch.
WELL SAID MR. ATIK
WHY, NOT LONG AGO NDC WAS DEARING NPP TO PROSECUTE NDC OFFICIALS IF THEY KNOW THEY HAVE LOOT THE NATION. NOW THE FIRST BATCH OF SUSPECTED CRIMINALS ARE SENT TO COURT AND KOFI ADAMS IS SAYING WHAT? HE HAS NOT SEEN ANYTHING YET IF THE WIFE OF JOHN MAHAMA IS DRAGED TO COURT.I KNOW KOFI IS GOING TO CRY SOON MAY BE HE HIMSELF WILL BE CALLED TO TESTIFY OF SOME ***barred word*** AND SHARING.
This is just the beginning... More prosecutions to follow. My candid advice to them is to find good lawyers to defend the accused because the court does not recognize political wi~tch hunting as a defense.
Seidu Agongo a.k.a Agongo,Agongo were you not afraid when all these huge sums of money were hitting your account without no work done.Then you will be behind all insults directed to the RAWLINGS FAMILY. KOFI ADAMS and co. will come to you and you give them money for FREE.
ndc ple are scared of witch-hunting bcos they all witches and the witch-hunters are in power. you all will be hunt down just be prepared. as far as i know anyone accused of something is innocent until proven guilty. let them justify their innocence in the court and stop making n01se bcos that is even giving more evidence to the prosecution to prove their case. i know there are alot of witch-hunting cases being prepared bcos the witches are a lot. I just pray dont waste time on these cases like they are doing with woyome. even Abuga pele's case took more than a year. these cases shd not go more than 3 months. if possible sitting shd be every day. we cant waste our time all in the name of human rights. if they care abt human rights they wont st?eal the monies meant for the ple.
If you are not a witch you will not be hunted simple and short, prove your case at the law courts.
The case is the Republic vrs the accused and not NPP Government vrs the accused. I will advise that anyone who complains of wi~tchu hunting be prosecuted. If you dont care about your share of the national cake taken by the accused, I do care. They cant take my share , no, never! I hear Lord~ina Mahama has a similar case, that will be interesting. It should be equally handled same way.