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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has criticized the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) for providing faulty and misguided justifications for not bringing charges against Charles Adu Boahen, a former minister of state in the Finance Ministry.
The party maintains that Adu Boahen is not guilty of any crime because the OSP should not have concluded that his acts amounted to extortion.
Investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and his Tiger Eye PI team filmed Mr. Boahen in a documentary wherein they claimed Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia could receive $200,000 as an appearance fee for investors. The President then fired him when the matter gained attention.
“Having forensically verified the audiovisual recording adduced by Tiger Eye P.I as a true reflection of the events represented thereon, and having conclusively established that Charles Adu Boahen indeed, demanded a bribe of 20% of the value of the initial investment or an upfront payment of 10% of the value of the proposed investment and a post-investment sharing of the proceeds of same from undercover agents of Tiger Eye P.I who were posing as businessmen interested in investing in Ghana, it is totally unacceptable for the OSP to have concluded that Charles Adu is not guilty of a crime.”
“For the avoidance of doubt, Charles Adu Boahen’s conduct as captured in the “Galamsey Economy” documentary of Tiger Eye P.I clearly amount to the offence of Extortion as provided under section 247 of the Criminal and Other Offenses Act, 1960 (ACT 29), as amended,” the NDC stated in a press release issued on Tuesday, October 31, 2023.
However, the OSP stated in its report on Monday, October 30, 2023, that it had chosen to close the matter after determining that, despite Adu Boahen’s influence peddling, he had not committed any actual crimes that would have required the Special Prosecutor to take legal action.
The National Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi, signed a statement on behalf of the NDC threatening to prosecute Mr. Adu Boahen in the future NDC government.
“The report smacks of a coverup and has the potential to dampen public confidence in the Office of Special Prosecutor if not reviewed immediately. The conduct of Charles Adu Boahen constitutes corruption of monumental proportions and must not go unpunished.We wish to serve notice, that the next NDC government shall institute criminal investigations into this matter with the objective of prosecuting all those found culpable.”
Mr Gyamfi asked Ghanaians to treat the OSP’s report with the “contempt it deserves and demand a total reversal of this disappointing decision of the OSP.”
Read the full statement below:
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
