"There is the right to information law and there is accountability; being open. This is a high public interest case and so there was nothing wrong for Martin Amidu to disclose those details,” Maurice Ampaw said while defending the Special Prosecutor.
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has invited four individuals to assist in investigations into an alleged act of bribery and related offence in the purchase of three aircrafts from Airbus SE for Ghana.
Those invited include: UK/Ghanaian citizen Samuel Adam Foster alias Samuel Adam Mahama and UK nationals; Philip Sean Middlemiss; Sarah Davis and Sarah Furneaux.
Some communicators of the opposition NDC are against Martin Amidu’s decision to put out private details of those involved in newspapers.
However, Lawyer Maurice Ampaw says in an era of accountability and right to information, Martin Amidu did nothing wrong.
"What is confidential about a crime? We must begin to name and shame," he said.
The lawyer who was speaking in an interview on Neat FM, further asked the NDC to “shut up if you have nothing good to say”.
“If I were the NDC I will keep quiet . . . they are just playing a political game with the issue. Mahama, whether they like it or not, will be invited. They should stop the propaganda. Let’s allow Martin Amidu to do his work. It seems the airbus scandal has turned to coronavirus and it’s scaring the NDC,” he added.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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Lawyer Maurice Ampaw, I supported you hundred percent in this area of fighting corruption and shaming the actors. If I may ask, were you in this country PDS fake cheque was given to the Republic to take over ECG,were you in Ghana when the president signed corrupt power agreement and was caught, he told Ghanaians that he didn't read it. As corruption campaigner did you ask him where was his executive Secretary? If both the executive Secretary and president were not good standing lawyers I would have taken it lightly but they are. Please, if you want to fight corruption genuinely then let the special prosecutor acts urgently on these criminal issues too or you ***barred word*** your mouth in this country. We are tired of select and choose case in Ghana.
@ Mr Ampaw - Hear Hear, well said. The innocent have nothing to fear.
Ampaw, u see u are shamed. Incompetent Mahama is giving the competent ones relief. Who is competent.
***barred word*** gay lawyer again. Corrupt animals
Look who is talking and asking others to shutup. Irrelevant pocket lawyer like you. What at all do you do for a living? The only problem the NPP have is the name John Mahama.
Even u Mr ampaw you talk about issues in this country when your views are not sort how much more a big political party like ndc please I wonder if u are a lawyer because u are so empty to de extent that u cannot boast of any good case except cases of prostitution let me ask? are u a specialised prostitution lawyer u are too cheap my guy