Member of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) team, Martin Kpebu, has strongly denied claims that they seized a Lexus 507 vehicle from former New Patriotic Party(NPP) National Vice Chairman Michael Omari Wadie and subsequently returned it.
In an interview on Adom FM’s morning show, Dwaso Nsem. Mr. Kpebu dismissed the report as “fake news” and accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of trying to tarnish the team’s reputation.
“This is all lies. There has been no such incident. The claim that we seized Mr. Omari Wadie’s car is simply not true. It’s a scheme to make us unpopular,” he said.
It was reported last week that the ORAL team mistakenly seized Wadie’s Lexus 507, thinking it was a state vehicle.
The report claimed that after verifying the vehicle’s ownership, the team decided to return it.
However, lawyer Kpebu has expressed frustration over the spreading of false information, adding that the team has no knowledge of any such incident.
“I wonder why such things are being said when they are completely untrue. This fake news is not going to be the last. We’ve seen this kind of misinformation before. We don’t know anything about it. Has Mr. Omari Wadie met us before? Has he contacted us? No,” he stated.
When asked about the ongoing work of ORAL, Mr. Kpebu said, “We’re waiting to see what will happen when the Attorney General takes office. We’ll meet with him and discuss the way forward, whether to extend our work or hand it over”
ORAL was established by President John Dramani Mahama to investigate and recover stolen state assets and gather information on corrupt activities in the public sector.
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