Claims by Asawase Member of Parliament that a Supreme Court judge attempted to lead the NPP to bribe a female NDC MP into voting for Prof. Aaron Mike Ocquaye as Speaker of Parliament must be probed, United States-based Ghanaian professor and lawyer, Kwaku Asare, has said.
According to Muntaka, this Judge assured the NDC MP that should she accept to vote for the NPP’s Choice of Speaker, she will paid a huge amount of money, and she will be given free fuel for the duration of her 4-year tenure as MP.
Reacting to the allegation on Facebook, Prof Kwaku Asare wrote: “Hon. Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak bribery allegation involving judges, if true, is extremely serious and merits an immediate, professional and thorough investigation.
“For the avoidance of doubt, an investigation is a truth-seeking device. It does not presume the allegations to be true or false. It merely seeks to uncover the truth, protect the innocent, expose the guilty or falsehood peddling and protect the integrity of the affected institution.
There is no reason to be against an investigations or to condition it on names being provided, as such names could tend out have no basis.
At this point, only statements made under oath and subject to examination by experts will suffice and determine the scope of the inquiry.”
Source: GhanaFeed.com
