Former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has disclosed his suspicion of the Agyapa Royalties Transaction as being conceived to rob the chiefs and people of Ghana of their “patrimony as the beneficiaries of the gold extractives”.
According to him, the proceeds from the deal will be “in perpetuity for the benefit of a very few members of the President’s Government as distinct from the New Patriotic Party”.
As such, the 1992 Constitution, he maintains “enjoins every Ghanaian to defend and protect against such suspected rape on the Constitution being perpetrated through Agyapa Royalties Limited incorporated in tax haven Jersey in the United Kingdom”.
Martin Amidu also revealed that, in spite of the support and assistance the Office of the Special Prosecutor has received from the Ministry of Finance, he had the “misfortune to conduct an analysis of the risk of the prevention of corruption and anti-corruption assessment on the Ministry’s tax haven incorporated Agyapa Royalties Transactions”.
“I had to act professionally in accordance with my oath as the Special Prosecutor without fear or favour, affection or ill will. The letters and documentary evidence used in the analysis of the risk of the prevention of corruption and anti-corruption assessment were provided by the Parliament, the Ministry of Finance, the Public Procurement Authority, the Registrar-General’s Department and other agencies”.
He further noted that, the Ministry of Finance, Parliament, and the Presidency “did not come out of the anti-corruption assessment as having acted with probity, accountability, and transparency in the Agyapa Royalties Transactions report”.
“I explained this to my dear friend the Minister of Finance when he visited me as early as 5:36 am on the morning of 22nd October 2020 in the company of a mutual friend”.
Registering his respect for President Akufo-Addo, Mr. Amidu revealed he has remained in this Office this long out of the “President’s shared commitment with me to fight corruption”.
“I never hunted for this job, I have been frustrated and painfully hurt in this job, I have not asked for or been paid any salary since my appointment: the appointment letter allegedly issued only on 30th January 2020, was delivered on 5th February 2020, and accepted on 17th February 2020 contrary to perceptions by the public. I hold on to this thankless job of a shell of an office in the national interest of fighting corruption in the hope that I do not muddy any waters that may see the President through a successful first term.
“You will not, therefore, be serving the interest of the President by passing any buck to me again to take over an empty building in order to burden me and further frustrate me while enabling you to triumphantly claim to have fulfilled your delegated obligation in finding the OSP suitable office accommodation with the various divisions to work from”.
