Martin Amidu, a former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, has issued strong accusations against key figures in the National Democratic Congress (NDC), particularly targeting the party’s National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah. This comes in response to criticism regarding a petition Amidu allegedly filed to remove the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng.
Johnson Asiedu Nketiah expressed significant concerns about the petition attributed to Martin Amidu, questioning Amidu’s credibility and motives. He was notably surprised that Amidu, who previously labeled President Akufo-Addo as the “mother serpent of corruption,” would now seek the president’s assistance in a corruption matter.
“He shouldn’t have done that at all. I am still trying to understand why. Comrade Martin, have you abandoned your view that Nana Akufo-Addo is the mother serpent of corruption?” Nketiah questioned. “Or do you still hold that view? If you still hold that view, when you came to a roadblock that I want to do this thing against the finance minister and the president said no way, you resigned and came to open up.”
In a statement cited by GhanaWeb, Martin Amidu reacted strongly, accusing Asiedu Nketiah of tarnishing his image without verifying whether he had authored the petition in question. Amidu also questioned Nketiah’s credibility, citing various alleged illegal activities.
Amidu pointed out Nketiah’s role on the Parliamentary Service Board, alleging it involved a conflict of interest: “The Chairman of the NDC, a person presumed to be of high moral character and proven integrity, permitted himself to be appointed by a self-confessed corrupt NDC Speaker of Parliament onto the Board of the Parliamentary Service despite a glaring and impermissible conflict of interest under Article 284 of the 1992 Constitution.”
He added, “Only idiots will cherish the moral values of such a Chairman of the NDC. In any case, Asiedu Nketiah and John Mahama, have you ever heard that as a politically exposed person, I set up a stevedoring company and was assisted by GPHA to milk Ghanaians during the regime of any of the Governments under which I served? Did I publicize the facts about Asiedu Nketiah’s stevedoring business at Tema as the Special Prosecutor before I sent Joshua Hamidu Akamba to warn him about attacking my integrity?”
Amidu further accused Asiedu Nketiah of leveraging his position to acquire an oil and gas company, which is managed by his son. “Asiedu Nketiah, I wish to refresh your memory that the abbreviated name of the stevedoring company which was also involved in oil and gas, etc., is KMSC, and to remind you that the partners you used your public position to cheat out of the company for your son you brought from Canada to manage KMSC are still aggrieved and alive.”
The back-and-forth between Amidu and Nketiah highlights deep tensions within the NDC, as accusations of corruption and credibility are exchanged amidst ongoing political conflicts.
Source: InsiderGH.com
