Former Attorney General Martin Amidu says the release of CCTV footage showing the invasion of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta’s residence has dealt a significant blow to the narrative previously advanced by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
Mr Amidu has declared that the evidence exposes the truth, challenging the OSP’s claims that the raid was a staged or imposter event.
“The CCTV images have turned the tables on the Special Prosecutor, Parliament, and the President,” he said, emphasising that the footage unequivocally proves that the invasion was carried out by state security operatives.
According to him, this directly contradicts his successor’s statement that “the purported raid on Mr Ofori-Atta’s residence was staged or at best an imposter action in an attempt to court disfavour for the OSP and to derail the investigation.”
Mr Amidu lambasted the OSP for attempting to shift the blame onto Ofori-Atta, who was not even in the country at the time of the raid.
“This narrative appeared to carry the morning, but for the fact that the victim was not an ordinary Ghanaian without the means to own a CCTV system installed in his home.”
The video footage, he maintained, exposed the falsehoods in the OSP’s claims and left the government with no room to deny its involvement.
The former Attorney General also criticized Parliament for trivialising the invasion instead of debating the grave violation of Ofori-Atta’s fundamental human rights.
“Rather than holding the perpetrators accountable, Parliament engaged in political point-scoring,” he remarked.
He further condemned Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga’s attempt to brush the matter aside with a mere admission that the raid was “most regrettable and unfortunate.”
The former Special Prosecutor directed his criticism at President John Mahama, arguing that as the head of state and the chairman of the National Security Council, he bears ultimate responsibility for the actions of security operatives under his command.
“The burden is now upon the President to admit that he ordered the invasion or that it was conducted on his blind side. Either way, the nation demands accountability,” he declared.
He also highlighted a disturbing pattern of executive overreach, drawing parallels between this incident and the 2002 invasion of the late President John Evans Atta Mills’ residence under the John Agyekum Kufuor administration.
“The repeat of such impunity twenty-two years down the line must not go unpunished under President Mahama’s watch,” Martin Amidu warned.
“If he really intends to reset this country forward and not backward, he must act decisively.”
Additionally, Mr Amidu raised concerns about the involvement of Richard Jakpa, who, according to parliamentary disclosures, allegedly led the invasion of Ken Ofori-Atta’s home.
“The coincidence of the alleged emergence of Richard Jakpa’s presence in the operation and the OSP casting Ofori-Atta as the orchestrator of the event suggests a collaboration between the Office of the National Security Coordinator and the OSP,” he noted.
He insisted that an independent and impartial investigation is necessary to uncover the truth behind the raid.
The former Attorney General did not spare Ghana’s Vice-President, whom he accused of abdicating her responsibilities in the absence of the President.
“Bawku burned while Mahamudu Bawumia slept under the Akufo-Addo government. Today, our rights and freedoms are under attack while the sitting Vice-President remains silent,” he lamented.
Mr Amidu ended his critique with a call for accountability, insisting that those responsible for the unlawful invasion must be brought to justice.
“Ghana must reset forward, not backwards to yesteryears. That is what the electorate voted for, and no media psyops can deflect the enormity of such unlawful acts by government assets and agents,” he concluded.
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