Captain Smart in the news again … Ace broadcaster with Onua TV and Onua FM, Captain Smart has said former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu performed abysmally when he was in office. In the view of Captain Smart, the appointment of Mr Amidu as Special Prosecutor by President Akufo-Addo was even a mistake because he knew that the Former Attorney …
President Akufo-Addo has questioned the basis of Martin Amidu’s decision to defer investigation of Ex-President John Mahama’s alleged involvement in the Airbus bribery scandal until after the 2020 elections when he served as Ghana’s Special Prosecutor. According to him, Mr. Amidu’s decision was a strange discretionary exercise which had no moral or legal basis. Martin Amidu last week in …
Ghana’s Special Prosecutor, Mr Martin Amidu, has said the heads of public institutions are frustrating his work by refusing to provide his office with the information he needs to effectively discharge his duties. In his latest article, Mr Amidu served notice that he may be compelled to sue the state to release some documents to help with investigations into certain …
Law professor, Peter Atupaare, wants under-pressure businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, to be acknowledged for his role in strengthening the country’s laws. He noted that Mr Woyome’s resilience and determination to ensure the state did not trample on his rights in a case in which he was accused of unjustifiably taking ¢51.2 million from the state. The senior lecturer at the …
National Chairman of the People’s National Convention, Mr Bernard Mornah believes the Office of the Special Prosecutor (SP) is a drain on national coffers. To him, the Attorney General (AG) is clothed with the authority to do its job such as criminal prosecutions, and therefore the office of the SP has only added to the public expenditure. “The AG office …
Another suit has been filed at an Accra High Court against by the Special Prosecutor (SP), Martin A. B. K. Amidu against the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga for breaching the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663) as amended, the Criminal Offences Act (Act 29) and also using public office for profit. Six others joined in …
The suit challenging the appointment of Martin A.B.K. Amidu as Special Prosecutor by President Akufo-Addo is lingering following the decision of the Supreme Court to adjourn proceedings sine die. The court yesterday ordered the Office of the Attorney General and NDC Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga, Dr. Dominic Ayine, who is challenging Mr. Amidu’s appointment based on age, to …
The Supreme Court has directed the Attorney-General (A-G) and Dr Dominic Ayine, a former Deputy A-G, who is challenging the eligibility of Mr Martin Alamisi Amidu as Special Prosecutor, to file their respective legal arguments. Per the directive of the seven-member panel of the apex court, the two parties must file their legal arguments within three weeks. The court gave …
The Supreme Court has struck out the name of Special Prosecutor, Martin A. B. K. Amidu, as a defendant in a suit challenging the eligibility of his age for appointment into the public service. According to the court, Mr. Amidu, Ghana’s first Special Prosecutor cannot be joined to the suit as a defendant because as established by law, it is …
The Supreme Court has struck out Special Prosecutor, Martin Alamisi Amidu, as a defendant in a suit challenging his eligibility as Special Prosecutor due to his age. A former Deputy Attorney General, Dominic Ayine, sued the Attorney General and Mr Amidu, arguing that by a true and proper interpretation of Articles 190(1)(d), 199(1), 199(4), and 295 of the 1992 …
