Ernest Owusu-Bempah, the Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party has told the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine to bring back Sedinam Tamakloe Attionu, a former CEO of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC).
According to Ernest Owusu-Bempah, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) must bring back Sedinam Tamakloe to serve her 10-year jail term otherwise no New Patriotic Party (NPP) member will be prosecuted.
Speaking in an interview on Okay FM Ernest Owusu-Bempah stated, “Ayine has surprised me. It seems politics has completely taken over him, and he is losing sight of the real issues. He thinks he has Adu-Boahene and is accusing him of multiple crimes. If he has a case, why doesn’t he go to court?
“This kind of selective justice only happens under an incompetent NDC government. Listen, I am daring Ayine, if he is truly a lawyer and the NDC is serious about fighting corruption, they should go and bring Sedinam, who has been found guilty and is now a fugitive of justice.
“President Mahama and the NDC know where she is, so they should go and bring her. Otherwise, no NPP member will be prosecuted in this country. We cannot sit back and allow this recklessness to continue,” he added.
Ernest Owusu-Bempah’s comments come after the Attorney General made a series of revelations into his investigation so far. The AG fingered the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB) Kwabena Adu-Boahene for allegedly diverting over $7m into private accounts.
According to the Attorney General, Kwabena Adu-Boahene was arrested for financial misconduct relating to a $7 million cyber defence system contract.
The Attorney General further revealed Kwabena Adu-Boahene laundered state funds through real estate investments in Accra and abroad.
Dr Ayine disclosed, “In his capacity as Director of the National Signals Bureau, Mr Adu-Boahene on January 30, 2020, signed a contract on behalf of the government of Ghana and the National Security on one hand and the other hand, an Israeli company named RLC Holdings Limited. The contract was for the purchase of a cyber defence system software at a price of $7 million.”
“On February 6, 2020, he then transferred an initial amount of GH¢27,100,000 from the National Signals Bureau account at Fidelity Bank to a private BNC account at UMB”.
The Attorney General further added that Adu-Boahene and his wife purchased several landed properties in Ghana and abroad over the time that these monies hit their private accounts.
Moreover, Dr Dominic Ayine has also revealed that the former Chief Executive of the National Service Scheme (NSS) made a payment to a member of parliament to kill the story on the NSS ghost names scandal.
According to Dr Dominic Ayine, they now have evidence of payments that were made into the accounts of the top executives of the National Service by vendors.
The Attorney General further revealed that the investigation will conclude in the National Service and Sky Train scandals by the middle of April.
“I can confirm that investigation will conclude in the National Service and Sky Train scandals by the middle of April for prosecutions to proceed”.
“In the National Service scandal, eight suspects have been interrogated, and a good number of them have started ‘singing’ literally. We will give you details of their songs at the appropriate time”, he said during a briefing.
Additionally, he further revealed that the the former CEO of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) Solomon Asamoah is on the run.
According to the Attorney General, Solomon Asante is hiding in Senegal to evade prosecution.
Speaking to the media on the investigation carried out on the 2m Sky Train scandal so far, Dr Dominic Ayine revealed, “In respect of SkyTrain, we can confirm that the $2 million was paid at the request of the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ghana Infrastructure Fund (GIIF), Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, and then CEO, Solomon Asamoah who is currently hiding in Senegal”.
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