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The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) cleared former President John Dramani Mahama in the Airbus bribery case, according to the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
In a post on his social media channels, Justin Kodua Frimpong expressed his happiness with the OSP’s conclusions, saying, “We are happy to know that the NDC recognizes state institutions as functional and credible.”
When a ruling goes against them, Justin Kodua advised the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to continue accepting this degree of reality.
“May we see this same level of acceptance when another state institution declares the results after December 7,” he noted.
“May God bless our homeland Ghana and make her great and strong,” he prayed .
The NPP will make a comment shortly after reviewing the OSP findings.
Following an investigation, the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) found no evidence against former President John Mahama regarding the Airbus deal.
The OSP claims that there is no proof that Samuel Adam Mahama received bribes in exchange for transferring the three Airbus military aircraft to the former president Mahama.
Speaking before the media on Thursday, August 8, 2024, Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng did, however, affirm that Samuel Mahama, the brother of the former president, was intermediary 5.
“The OSP confirms the identity of the following individuals. The individual described as Government Official 1 by the UK court and Individual 1 by the US court is John Dramani Mahama. He is a citizen of Ghana and was the Vice-President of Ghana from January 7 2009 to July 24, 2012,” the OSP stated.
“The OSP investigation found no evidence that former President Mahama was involved or played any role in the procurement and maintenance of the agency relationship between Airbus and Foster and his associates in respect of the purchase by the Government of Ghana of military transport aircraft from Airbus.
“And it appears to the OSP that the direct communications and meetings between former President Mahama and officials of Airbus to close the deal were actuated by good intentions on the part of the former.
“It also appears that Foster and his associates became involved as intermediaries in the Airbus-Ghana deal after the decision by the Government of Ghana in preference of the C-295 aircraft. Therefore, it seems that Foster’s Airbus intermediary role at the time his brother served as the Vice President of Ghana was a case of luckless coincidence that attracted the disapproval of the UK and US authorities.
“The OSP found no evidence that suggests that the involvement of Foster as an intermediary of Airbus and the direct communications and meetings between former President Mahama and officials of Airbus to close the deal between Airbus and the Government of Ghana amounted to any corruption and corruption-related offense in respect of which the OSP has a mandate.”
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
