The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu has debunked allegations that he is deliberating witch-hunting Samuel Adam Mahama, brother of former President John Dramani Mahama.
This follows a red alert notice issued by Interpol for the arrest of Samuel Adam Foster (Mahama) and three others over their involvement in the Airbus scandal.
A statement issued by the Office of the Special Prosecutor stated that “the SP is well known in this country and amongst the community of ethical lawyers and the senior judiciary as a person who had practised the law ethically for upwards of forty years. Some of the unethical lawyers who were assaulting the person and character of the SP on the airwaves are lawyers who are in their twenties and early thirties: they have not been yet cut their teeth at the Ghana Bar. The SP refused to be drawn into the affray of turning law into politics as is the forte of those unethical and inexperienced lawyers with no or very limited distinguished courtroom practice vindicating their standing as lawyers in the Ghana Law Reports,”
Red Alert Fake
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and other pundits had described the red alert notice as fake; insisting that it is not on the official website of Interpol.
Martin Amidu, however, said he was surprised to “learn later and read online that a bunch of young, inexperienced and unethical lawyers were referring to the Red Notices as fake while at the same time heaping insults and attributing unwarranted motives to the person and character of the SP for doing his work as the Special Prosecutor to fight provable corruption.”
Police Statement
A police statement signed by DSP Juliana Obeng, Head of Public Affairs of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), confirmed that the OSP had made the request to raise a “Red Notice” through the Interpol for the arrest of the ex-President’s younger brother together with his accomplices, namely Sarah Furneaux, Sarah Leanne Davis and Philip Sean Middlemiss, who were all believed to be British.
“Following a request by the Office of the Special Prosecutor through the Criminal Investigation Department to the Interpol General Secretariat, the latter has issued a Red Notice in respect of the following individuals – Samuel Adam Foster, alias Adam Mahama, Philip Sean Middlemiss, Leanne Sarah Davis and Sarah Furneaux,” the statement had said.
It added that “the above mentioned individuals have been published on the Interpol Red Notice in connection with the Airbus scandal being handled by the Office of the Special Prosecutor.”
Four Fugitives
The four individuals are “fugitives wanted for prosecution” for their alleged roles in accepting and paying €3,909,756 as bribe on behalf of Airbus SE to some key Ghanaian public officials from 2009 to 2015.”
On Friday, July 10, 2020, the Interpol published a Red Notice on its public website requesting law enforcement agencies worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest the four individuals, pending their extradition to Ghana.
There is no expiry date of the Red Notice or arrest warrant issued to track down the four individuals.
According to the summary of facts of the case as set out in the Red Notice, between 2009 and 2015, Airbus SE engaged Mr. Mahama, brother of former President John Dramani Mahama, and Mr. Middlemiss to accept and pay €3.9 million as bribe to some Ghanaian public officials to approve the sale of three C-295 military aircraft to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF).
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You are amookua. That is who you are. Aduii, nipa gyangyan! Lobster brains can't think far. TT schooled you, but you wouldn't take counsel because you're brain dead.
Hahahaha NDC commentators are dying in their shells and disappointed in themselves for bringing this John Mr nice conman to lead them in this crucial election 2020 but no matter what they do say and cry for they will loose more than 2016. 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. NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU
Do you know the ***barred word*** called squirrel? We the fantis call it amookua. That is who you are.
Even in opposition, JDM is still defending his corruption tag. Why did the NDC make this mistake of putting him up for election?
@Amidu, democracy nti, you can sell freely your ignorance in public. Indeed the age of Methusellah has nothing to do with wisdom, but clearly it has something to do with experience. The SP referred to years of practice and experience and related it to cutting of teeth at the bar and related it to having one's name in the Ghana law reports. Your ignorance is legendary when you even refer to judgement of the supreme court as bogus. Judgments are subject to criticism but not shallow ones as yours. Get yourself educated and stop the cacophony. Do you know what it takes to be a supreme court judge? Mtcheeew
For over two years, you have been taking salaries for no work done so shutt up. Apart witch hunting ayariga and now mahama's brother, tell Ghanaians what you have done with all the scandals that has rocked the current government? Ghanaians expected you to be firm and stern, but clearly you have been bought by nana addo to do his bidding. You will surely pay back all the salaries you have enjoyed for no work done.
The old age of Methuselah has absolutely nothing to do with wisdom. The fact that you have practiced law for forty years doesn't make you the best lawyer or even a knowledgeable lawyer. Look at recently some bogus judgment that the SC of Ghana gave on birth certificate and citizenship, does that make them infallible? People who always use others ages to claim they are inexperienced are simply petty, and amidu is one of them.