I Don’t Need Your Assurances Over Whether You’ll Sack Me Or Not – Amidu Fires Mahama

Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu has hit back at former president John Dramani Mahama over the latter’s claim that he’ll not be interfering or sacking the Special Prosecutor when he wins the December 2020 polls.

In a statement Amidu wrote, “As the Special Prosecutor, I do not need assurances from anybody of leaving me in Office when she or he wins the elections. The Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (959) governs the situation. In any case, the position of Special Prosecutor is not one of servitude but of service. It is, therefore, needless for anybody to assume airs about what she or he will do with the Office or Martin Amidu when she or he wins the elections”.

Amidu further noted that the office remains an independent body, not subject to the control of any authority.

“Any Ghanaian worthy of putting himself forward as Presidential candidate for the upcoming elections should know the content of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959) by now. He must know by now that under section 4 of Act 959, except as otherwise provided for in the 1992 Constitution, the Office is not subject to the direction or control of a person or an authority in the performance of the functions of the Office even when the Office acts upon the authority of the Attorney- General to initiate and conduct the prosecution of corruption and corruption-related offences.”

Source: GhanaFeed.com