The lead Convener of the FixTheCountry and Democracy Hub, Oliver Barker-Vormawor has revealed that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has jailed more former government officials.
Oliver Vormawor asserted that since independence, the NPP government had jailed more former government officials than all our previously elected governments combined.
According to him, the late Atta-Mills set the precedent of allowing thieves to go and enjoy their loot when he decided to be “Father for All”.
Oliver Barker-Vormawor wrote on X, “Under Kufuor, several former Senior NDC Government officials went to jail, including a sitting MP. Former Ministers and Deputy Ministers for Finance, Trade & Industry, Tsatsu Tsikata, you name it. Most of those prosecutions were led by Nana Addo personally as AG”.
“Under Nana Addo himself, 3 NDC MPs were prosecuted. 2 found not guilty and 1 still ongoing. Even Ato Forson, the majority leader and now minister of Finance designate escaped jail by a toenail”, his statement added.
Oliver Barker further commended former President Akufo-Addo of breaking the myth that a former president cannot be imprisoned.
“Also, Nana Addo, broke the myth that former Presidents cannot be imprisoned. For first time in our democracy, the President himself was the complainant of a criminal complaint sent to the Special Prosecutor. He reported former President Mahama to be investigated and prosecuted over the Airbus scandal”, he added.
See his post below:
1. In our political tradition, the NPP has jailed more former governemnt officials than all our previous elected governments combined, since independence.
2. Under Kufuor, several former Senior NDC Government officials went to jail, including a sitting MP. Former Ministers and… pic.twitter.com/7ULFFODrr2
— Osagyefo Oliver Barker-Vormawor (@barkervogues) January 12, 2025
