Bawumia has never been accused, or investigated for corruption in his public life – Napo jabs Mahama
The running mate to the flagbearer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has lauded Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia of being a man of integrity and dignity.
At the launch of the ruling party’s 2024 election manifesto, te former Energy Minister reiterated his remarks that suggest that the NPP flagbearer is incorruptible.
In what appears to be a jab at the flagbearer for the opposition National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh emphasised that Dr Bawumia has neither been accused nor investigated for corruption.
“I know that Dr Alhaji Bawumia. He is not corrupt and will not be corrupted. In his public life, Mr President, he has never been accused of [for] (sic) corruption and his public life, he has never been investigated for corruption,” he said while speaking to party faithful at Takoradi on Sunday, August 18, 2024.
Former President John Mahama since February 2020, has been investigated by the Office of the Special Prosecution for corruption in his role in the controversial Airbus scandal during his administration.
But Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng has revealed that the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, played no role in the controversial Airbus scandal.
The Office of the Special Prosecutor confirmed this after revealing that the individual referred to as Government Official 1 by the UK court and Individual 1 by the US court in the Airbus scandal is former President John Mahama.
Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng made this known while briefing the media on the Office’s findings of the case after initiating investigations in February 2020.
Mahama has on several occasions refuted that he played a role in the Airbus scandal and further challenged the Akufo-Addo-led government to prosecute him should he be found guilty.
The airbus bribery scandal emerged after the previous Mahama government bought three Military Airplanes from Airbus.
Then Minority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu slammed the deals as both questionable and non-transparent, adding that the contract sums, over 70 million euros and over 100 million dollars, had been padded by the government.
The matter gained international recognition and England’s Crown Court in Southwark in its judgement highlighted that Airbus, through intermediaries, attempted to bribe officials linked to a high-ranking Ghanaian government figure between 2011 and 2015 to secure the sale of two C295 aircraft.
Initially, Airbus planned to pay a 5 million euro bribe disguised as a commission to an insider who had close ties to a powerful Ghanaian official overseeing the aircraft purchase deals.
Source: tigpost.co
