A former Lands Minister has sounded a word of caution to President Akufo-Addo following his appointment of Martin Amidu as the country’s foremost Special Prosecutor.
Inusah Fuseini says the President is in a fix with the nomination likening it to holding onto the tail of a lion which he cannot let go but continues to hold on to at his own peril.
“Martin Amidu will go after anybody…he will even fight an empty room if he believes the air in the room is associated to corrupt practice,” he said on Joy News Saturday.
According to him, the former Attorney General always has his reasons to fight when he is convinced that something wrong has been done.
The country was thrown into euphoria last Thursday the President's appointment of citizen vigilante known for his unrelenting fight against corruption.
Mr Amidu’s office will have the mandate to investigate and prosecute cases of alleged corruption under the Public Procurement Act 203 Act 63 and other corruption-related offences implicating public officers, political office holders and their accomplices.
But the Tamale Central MP said the appointment is not a political masterstroke as people are alluding to because the newly appointed Special Prosecutor will not do any political party's bidding.
Mr Fuseini believes it is misplaced to look at the appointment of Mr Amidu with political colours since the law relating to his nomination does not recognise that.
He explained his unwillingness to accept the appointment of Akoto Ampaw and Phillip Addison from the government for the Special Prosecutor's job.
“I said that he [Ampaw] was very qualified but he was a victim of association as people will see a further entrenchment of the family and friends government…he has done very good cases in court but he is a victim.
“For Addison, I could not say same for him because he has been very partisan,” he added.
Mr Fuseini also warned that Ghanaians should be careful of their expectation of Mr Amidu when he is approved by Parliament because there are different parts of the person.
"Clearly, Martin Amidu as the political activist, Amidu as a lawyer doing cases in court and Amidu as the anti-corruption crusader are different persons unless you don't know him," he noted.
Source: Joy News
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In fact Some good people because they did not do good things and they never had the chance to do good things. In all of this, I'll really be happy if Amidu goes first after somebody currently in position and in the NPP government. I'm curious and just will want to see how that goes. That is when I'll be satisfied he is the good guy who has had the chance to do a good thing. Can we Imagine a scenario where he goes after an NPP guy and fails to jail him/her???!! Asem beba dabi!
and so what. keep quiet and let Ghana work
When the president hadn't mentioned any name for the SP ndc were making noise of Akoto Ampaw and Addison that they are NPP members so will be biased in their dealings and the SP wouldn't be credible etc, Now the special Prosecutor is a member of the founders of the ndc and that too eeeeeiii! He is vindictive, he is coming for only ndc members, he has some stones in the ndc to grind. Then they say he is noore a member of the ndc and ndc are talking and making too much noise, but the question is did they think Ghana belonged to them, did they ever think they came to power throw the ballot box and can go through the same way? Did they think there would never be any accountability because they thought they would never leave power? Did they ever forgot even their respectable gurus were tried and imprisoned during the NPP era
Why are these ndc so scared of the special prosecutor and talking talking like that?wherever in the media you hear them talking but who told you to ste*l rom the state? If you has done nothing there wouldnt be any cause for alarm nut because you know very well for the bottom of your hearts you went to politics penniless but now swimming in cash all in the name of the ndc so you panicking when nobody has even mentioned names.I don't remember the NPP were so worried like this in 2009 when ndc took some of them to court with 15 cases, none of them made noise like the ndc are doing