Former President John Dramani Mahama is expected to storm an Accra High Court today to ‘solidarize’ with the immediate-past Board Chairman of the National Communication Authority (NCA) and four others before the court for alleged fraud and causing financial loss to the state.
The former president has over the past days used several platforms to call for support for his appointees who may be dragged to court for their alleged involvement in corruption.
Eugene Baffoe-Bonnie, the former NCA Board Chairman; William Mathew Tetteh Tevie, former Director General of the NCA; Alhaji Salifu Mimina Osman, a former deputy National Security Coordinator, as well as George Derek Oppong, a private businessman and Director of Infraloks Development Limited, have been accused of conspiring to and causing financial loss to the state.
Mr. Baffoe-Bonnie, Alhaji Osman and Mr. Oppong have already appeared before the court, presided over by Justice Eric Kyei Baffour, for their alleged involvement in a shady deal and have been granted bail in the sum of $1 million each with three sureties.
They are being charged for allegedly creating, looting and sharing a staggering $4 million among themselves under the guise of procuring a Cyber Surveillance System which they claimed was to be used for anti-terrorism activities in the country.
The case reopens today and the pleas of Mr. Tevie and Dr Nana Owusu Ensaw, a former board member, are expected to be taken by the court.
Given that the suspects are former appointees of former President Mahama, he is expected to concretize his call on members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to stand by alleged corrupt ex-officials, by appearing in court to support the five accused persons.
Speaking at the 36th anniversary celebration of the 31st December, 1981 ‘revolution’ in Ho, the Volta Region, Mr. Mahama said, “Recently, President Akufo-Addo was threatening members of our administration with prosecution when he visited the Eastern Region; and I said yes, we are prepared to accept the probity of our tenure in office.
“Having been the disciples of probity and accountability, we must not run away from probity and accountability; we must be prepared to face any prosecution that this government throws to us, but we must do this with commitment and solidarity,” he underscored.
Mr. Mahama commented:“They will have their day in court and until they have that day in court, it is our duty to solidarize with them to make sure they have the best legal representation to be able to put their case in order; and it is my wish that things will turn out well for them.”
Anyidoho Disagrees
However, Deputy General Secretary of the opposition party, Koku Anyidoho, in reaction to Mr. Mahama’s call for solidarity, warned the supporters of the party not to storm the courtrooms to support any officials of the Mahama administration who might be facing prosecution for alleged corruption.
According to him, the relatives and friends of those officials could do that but not the entire party and its supporters.
According to him, such persons have families, friends and loved ones who are free to follow them to court, but the entire party executives should not be expected to do so.
In what appears to be a sharp u-turn, Mr Anyidoho has stated that the party was ready to solidarize with its members, if the NPP government starts witch-hunting them.
Source: Daily Guide
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People comment here based on the fact that, they have been given data to do so, but ironically speaking, they are very MYOPIC. JM is clean can support whoever, whenever, wherever. The NPP have been in power for 1year, 7days today, and all you can talk about as achievement is people you think are corrupt, yet not been able to arrive at a single culprit. Ex Pres. John Dramani Mahama and his administration started projects, some completed and others not completed, instead to completing the unfishhed once, you are just talking without any progressive development. President Nana Addo and the NPP are coursing financial lost to the Country, and the illiterates who call themselves member don't see this. JM, the whole country is see the handwritten and the mistake of governance under Nana Addo.
MAHAMA paaaaa.... eeiii. please pay me i will come to the court and support. FUNNY COMADIANS!!!
Let all Human beings in Ghana rain All the insults and curses of our planet on ex president mahama and his evil criminals, the wrath of God will soon strike them all.
The former president by his unsolicited and truth be told, needless solidarity stance, risks sounding prejudicial and a bit amateurish. I think it's high time we as a nation employ the services of advisors for all former presidents.
Solidarize with them does not mean going to court with them right.Do you people mean to say, the mere fact that somebody is charge for corruption means that NDC should should not solidarize with them? There are so many ways to solidarize with somebody, and as the ex-president stated, they can support them with quality lawyers to defend them. I think we shuold stop misquoting the ex-president Mahama.
Has this guy JDM have any advisers? Does he knows the implication of his actions. Never again should Ghana make such a mistake by electing someone like JDM. I am disappointed.
AS FOR THIS THING CALLED MAHAMA, HE KNOWS NO SHAME!!! THE TRUTH IS THAT ALL HIS ACTIONS ARE NOT BACKED BY PRINCIPLE AND DECENCY!!HIS ACTIONS ARE CALCULATED TO STIR THE UNINFORMED INTO RABBLE ACTIONS AND USE THAT TO GAIN CHEAP POPULARITY WHICH WILL PROPEL HIM TO THE FLAG BEARERSHIP OF THE NDC!!! MAHAMA, YOU CAN REST ASSURED THAT YOY HAVE BEEN MARKED WITH A RED CARD AND YOU WILL NEVER SUCCEED IN COMING BACK TO BE PRESIDENT OF GHANA!!!
WOW !!!!!; this is unprecedented a living past former head of state Jon Mahjama leading the charge to support corrupt officials under his watch ;WHAT IS GHANA COMMING TO ? this guy will oneday bring chaos to Ghana or was this Jon Mahama involved in the stilling spree by these stillers in the NDC because Jon Mahama should get ready to go to court to support these NDC stillers who built alternative Ghana in Dubai by stillng our monies .
This guy is a ***barred word***. Have you seen Rawlings or kuffuor go to any court to support any past appointees of ***barred word***?
If they like let the the NDC bring all her supporters to the courts, if the law catches them, they will go to JAIL!