A member of the John Mahama Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) team Martin Kpebu has revealed that underground sources are telling them that the former vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia bought state lands.
According to Martin Kpebu, Dr Bawumia bought state land not in his name but sources are telling them the lands belong to him.
According to Lawyer Kpebu, Okuzeto Ablakwa has a long list of former NPP government appointees who bought this state lands for cheap even before the elections.
Speaking on TV3’s The Key Point on January 18, 2025, Martin Kpebu detailed, “We are making efforts to retrieve all the documents. If we gave them another chance, the whole of Ghana would have been gone. This state capture has to stop. Members of the erstwhile administration bought the lands at $12,000”.
“This list honourable Ablakwa had this list before the elections, you remember he kept making noise about it, interceptor general he had these documents before ORAL came in, it is publicly available evidence, he had a long list ”, he added.
Martin Kpebu further mentioned some names of NPP officials who bought state lands for cheap, saying, “You will see Osei Nyarko, Henry Quartey, Bawumia of course not directly his name but underground people will tell you that is his, you will see other government appointees a lot”.
The private legal practitioner further revealed that state lands valued at $500,000 were sold to former president Akufo-Addo’s appointees for just $12,000.
He noted that the lands sold to Akufo-Addo appointees for just $12,000 were offered to a vegetable farmers’ association for $500,000.
Lawyer Kpebu revealed, “The vegetable farmers association was asked to pay $500,000 for one plot of land. That is where they keep the vegetables before they export them”.
“Just next to them, this same land was offered to ministers, etc., for GHC160,000. If you convert it, it’s $12,000. It’s within the same space. The documents are out there, and the land is around Cantonments”, he stated boldly.
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Oral Operation: We have a list of all former NPP government officials who bought state lands around the Cantonment area at very cheap prices – Martin Kpebu#TheKeyPoints pic.twitter.com/a3N0xF7f9F
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