The National Communication Officer for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi says the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) against Samuel Adam Fosters also known as Samuel Mahama is fabricated.
Sammy Gyamfi’s comment is based on an Interpol document dated July 10, 2020, announcing an arrest warrant for Mr Mahama in connection with his role in the Airbus bribery scandal.
He is being charged for accepting bribes to influence a public officer and acting in collaboration with a Public Officer for the Public Officer’s private gain.
But, Sammy Gyamfi reacting to the arrest warrant in interview on Joy FM’s Top Story on Thursday, said the official website of the organisation does not have such red notice, hence, an attempt by government to deceive Ghanaians.
“ . . my checks reveal the red notice cannot be found on the official website of the Organisation, therefore, it is an attempt by government to deceive Ghanaians," he asserted.
He reiterated that “every red notice alert which is issued by Interpol can be located on their website. So if the subjects’ [Samuel Mahama’s] control number cannot be found on their website, then it means the notice is not from Interpol”.
“So this is fabricated, it is of dubious validity and we should not feed the people of this country with such information,” he stressed.
Mr Gyamfi indicated further that arrest warrant from Interpol is only issued for fugitives who are wanted for prosecution or to serve a sentence; thus, Samuel Mahama has not been declared a fugitive.
“Is the subject [Mr. Mahama] of the said notice a fugitive? Has he escaped from legal custody? Mr. Gyamfi quizzed.
He restated that, “Interpol doesn’t issue red notices, based on charges, they only issue red notices for fugitives. And in this case, the said subject has not escaped lawful custody so he isn’t a fugitive and therefore cannot be a subject of a red notice of the Interpol.”
Touching on the Airbus saga, Sammy Gyamfi accused the Akufo-Addo administration of playing political gimmick with the situation; stressing that the Akufo-Addo government is desperate to accuse ‘innocent people’ with corruption at all cost.
“We have made it clear time and again that if you read this document of this Airbus matter, no government official under the Mahama government has been sighted for having taking bribes from anybody in connection with the Airbus transaction,” he added.
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Respond the issues he raised. Insults will not change the fact that government is lying. He says red notices are issued for fugitives. Is Mahama a fugitive ? As soon as Sammy Gyamfi speaks, npp paid doggs flock to insult and that is proof that he's doing his work. Sammy was not chosen to please npp. He was chosen to make u lose your heads and he's doing it quite well.
THIS CHAP SAMMY GYAMFI CAN TALK,SO CALLED QUALIFIED LAWYER THAT HAS NEVER FOUND IN COURT ROOM,WEIGHED AND FOUND WANTING.INSULTING GHANAIANS WILL BRING NDC AND MAHAMA BACK TO POWER-AIRBUS AND KARPOWER DEAL WILL GIVE YOUR PARTY NDC ENOUGH VOTES.
Sammy Gyamfi is the reason why NDC is staying in opposition for so long. Politics is about ideas not insult and who can talk.
So now NPP owns INTERPOL ? Who taught this guy in school ?
remember the Wayome debate as to whether he desrved that money or not? betty mould iddrisu, nana Ato Dadzie, Amaliba, all ndc people defended Wayome to the hilt in the end when the dust settled it was all lies the man just duped the country with the help of ndc so they can share tax payers money. this is the hallmark, the DNA of ndc. this airbus scandal is real maham took the cash and there is evidence. do not be trcked good people of Ghana
Well those who think this is fake news show go with the FAKE PENTECOST ELDER because we’re not going to fly on Airbus with an incompetent pilot through dumso to IMF anymore when babies with sharp teeth are on board and land us on Woyomey’s backyard. I know there could be Ford Expedition to take us by land but we will rather prefer bus branding driven by Ativor in the middle of berko power bribery crisis which indicates government official 1 so I decree like the Jews said never again to ndc. NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU
Any news about the Airbus scandal gives the NDC sleepless night. I will like to know if Samuel Mahama is an NDC member. You guys will never come back to power again because of this kind of rotten deals. John Mahama must be sent to prison.
Peace fm Daniel Adu Darko, you can do better than this slanted reporting. Is Sammy Gyamfi's view the only one you can access and report? What about the Special Prosecutor's view. What about independent security experts' view. Poor journalism at its peak!
SAMMY GYAMFI THICKS IS THE ONLY WISEST PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY. GHANAIANS WANT TO KNOW WHO WAS THE ELECTED GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL ONE AT THAT TIME. IF YOU CANNOT TELL US, THEN FORGET ABOUT COMING BACK TO POWER.