The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu has revealed that the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and former president, John Mahama is the ‘Government Official 1’ in the controversial Airbus scandal.
He disclosed that the former president is the one that has been indicted in the saga as the leading Ghanaian government official who led in the fraudulent purchase of an aircraft for the Ghana Military from Airbus.
Mr. Amidu, according to the assessment report of the Agyapa Royalties deal, sighted by PLAN B FM, said the only reason why the NDC presidential candidate is not under investigations by his office is because of the December 7 , 2020 polls.
“The only reason the former President, [Mahama] has not been invited for interrogation (in spite of all threats from some of his followers and lawyers) is the fact that he got himself an insurance as the Presidential candidate of the other largest political party in Ghana.”
He continued that “prudence dictated that the interrogation be held in abeyance during this election season.”
In February 2020, the global aeroplane manufacturing giant, Airbus SE was fined a record three billion pounds in penalties by the UK Crown Court of Southwark, London, after admitting it had paid huge bribes on an “endemic” basis to land contracts in 20 countries, including Ghana and in the United States.
The damages against Airbus SE, with Case No.: 1:20-cr-00021 (TFH), was being assessed after the historic judgement at the District Court of Columbia.
UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO), in documents sent to court, quoted at least five million Euros as payment of kickbacks to a top Ghanaian official through an intermediary who is a close relative of “a high-ranking elected Ghanaian government official” during the Mahama administration.
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