Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed disappointment in the Special Prosecutor for labelling him Government Official 1 in the Airbus Scandal.
The NDC flagbearer said Martin Amidu has no basis to proceed and investigate him because he accrued no financial benefit from the Airbus contract.
“Not a single dollar,” he said.
His comment follows Mr Amidu’s claim that Mr. Mahama is the person behind the description, ‘Government Official 1′ in the Airbus scandal.
This came after the OSP conducted its Corruption Risk Assessment on the Agyapa Royalty deal.
He added Mr. Mahama is not being interrogated because he is the flagbearer of the largest opposition party in the upcoming elections.
The NDC Flagbearer, however, has rubbished the claim.
Reacting to this, the former president said this is a diversionary tactic deployed by the government and the OSP to shield the findings from the Agyapa deal captured in the report.
“I’m surprised. It is obvious why this paragraph is coming out. This damning report was coming out, and I’m disappointed in Martin Amidu for putting that paragraph there just to equalise and bring up Airbus as if it was a major issue,” he said.
Speaking on Starr FM, he reaffirmed his claim that he has no hand in the Airbus scandal. He further dared the Special Prosecutor to provide evidence of the claim, if indeed Mr. Amidu conducted investigations into the scandal.
“I’ve had my say on the Airbus issue. No financial benefit accrued to me. And the point is even that, there is no basis for the claim,” he said.
The former president dared Mr. Amidu to bring evidence of the claim if indeed, his findings revealed him as Government Official 1.
Meanwhile, the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) in July issued a Red Notice for Samuel Adam Fosters aka Samuel Adam Mahama in connection with his role in the Airbus bribery scandal.
He is being sought for allegedly accepting bribe to influence a public officer and acting in collaboration with a public officer for the public officer’s private gain.
A red notice is a request to enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender or similar legal action.