Former Attorney General Martin Amidu has expressed gratitude to Ghanaians for voting for change in the 2016 presidential election to enable the new government retrieve some GHS51million belonging to the state from businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome.
On Friday, December 9, the Electoral Commission (EC) declared New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo as president-elect after Wednesday’s polls, defeating incumbent John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
In a statement, the citizen vigilante, who is on a solo journey to retrieve the ill-got judgment debt wrongfully paid to Mr Woyome, said: “I am particularly grateful and will always remain eternally indebted to you, fellow citizens, who voted for this change of a new president and government for heeding my written, audio and video pleas for all patriotic citizens to join in the election of a new government to guarantee that we can get back our GHS51.2million with all the accruing interest looted by the outgoing government for its lootee, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, and have it refunded to the Republic of Ghana as ordered by the Supreme Court on 29th July 2014.”
According to him, the vote for change will keep the integrity of the public purse safe from “the likes of an incumbent president who has not hesitated to facilitate and conceal a range of unconstitutional actions that in the end always left the people of Ghana poorer”.
Below is the full statement:
THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PEOPLE OF GHANA FOR VOTING A NEW GOVERNMENT: BY MARTIN A. B. K. AMIDU
I am lost for words with which to thank and congratulate the people of Ghana for the display of peaceful and mature representative democracy during the 7th December 2016 Presidential and General Elections that have just come and gone. I can only say that “more is thy due than more than all can pay.”
We, the qualified citizens of Ghana in exercise of our fundamental and undoubted constitutional and democratic right to choose for ourselves a President and Members of Parliament to govern our affairs for the next four years have rightfully and properly elected a new President and an accompanying parliament to facilitate good governance, democracy and the rule of law.
The decision that we, the majority of fellow citizens have, made at this year’s elections portends hope, expectations and anticipation in each of us who put Ghana First at the ballot for good governance, the rule of law, probity, accountability and transparency in the coming four years of the administration of the President Elect, his Government and the Parliament-Elect. Ghanaians have by this ballot rightly served warning to our Government that we can no longer be taken for granted by a political establishment and elite of patronage, cronyism, lootism, and above all unbridled corruption of the winning political party.
I am particularly grateful and would always remain eternally indebted to you, fellow citizens, who voted for this change of a new President and Government for heeding my written, audio and video pleas for all patriotic citizens to join in the election of a new Government to guarantee that we can get back our GHC51.2million with all the accruing interest looted by the outgoing Government for its lootee, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, and have it refunded to the Republic of Ghana as ordered by the Supreme Court on 29th July 2014.
I also wish to use this opportunity to thank all fellow citizens who heeded the call that should we vote for this looter President on 7th December 2016 we would not have been able to get our money back because Mahama would have continued to protect Woyome as he has done since assuming office. Alongside the Woyome loot is the Waterville Holding (BVI) Ltd loot of over €47million with all the accruing interest ordered to be refunded to the Republic of Ghana by the Supreme Court on 14th June 2013, which this same outgoing President and Government facilitated to be looted and purposefully and selfishly failed or refused to retrieve it as ordered.
I had assured you, fellow citizens, that should you vote this President out on 7th December 2016 we do not need any further examination orally on oath of Woyome by me in person for you to get your money back. The new Government will have the duty of getting your money back in the shortest possible time because of the confidence you have reposed in it. It is my prayer that the in-coming President, his Government, and Parliament will reciprocate the trust and confidence reposed in them at these elections by getting our Woyome and Waterville looted monies back in the shortest possible time. I will return to the Court on 13th December 2016 to face the outgoing looter Government and lootee Woyome but I am confident as your former Attorney General, now a public interest Plaintiff, that I can hold the fort against the looter Government and lootee, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, until the new President takes office on 7th January 2017. The President-Elect, an eminent and distinguished lawyer, knows I can!
This ballot has been for keeping the integrity of the public purse safe from the likes of an incumbent President who has not hesitated to facilitate and conceal a range of unconstitutional actions that in the end always left the people of Ghana poorer. Join me fellow citizens in praying that our President Elect, his Government, and Parliament-Elect live up to our hopes, aspirations, expectations and anticipation in this matter.
I congratulate and thank you all, once more, fellow citizens for your Gargantuan efforts in heeding the advocacy of the various civil society and activist organisations in enhancing constitutionalism and democracy at this year’s elections in changing this Government. God bless you all, God bless the Republic of Ghana and may God let us always Put Ghana First.
Source: Martin A. B. K. Amidu
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all he did was in the hope of becoming witch-hunter general for akuffo addo. even if the NPP ignores the fact that he is an NDC man and a Northerner, which is huge for ashantis and akyems to overcome, and he takes a leading role in akuffo addo's witch-hunt, what happens when he begins to fight back on the coccain trade which is sure to to see a resurgence under an NPP admin? I am waiting to see if Bugri Basabasa Nabu and Martin Amidu will survive in NPP.
MR PRESIDENT ELECT PLEASE PLEASE APPOINT MARTIN AMIDU AS THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO CHASE AND LEGALLY DEAL WITH CORRUPT OFFICIALS.
People like Martin Amidu are angels for this nation. He is an example worthy of emulation by all. I think the incoming administration must set a day aside to celeberate Martin Amidu as Martin Amidu Patriotism Day. On this day all ghanaians an non ghanaian who have rendered invaluable service to ghana of done some thing unique to help society should be rewarded. On this day all schools in ghana should teach the tenets of patriotism and the need to uphold the virtue of honesty, integrity and high moral standards.
God bless you Lawyer Martin Amidu. I pray that God brings you into the next government to join hands with them to fight the canker of corruption in Ghana. I love you and your honesty and boldness. Keep it up.
Marin Amindu is really a patriotic citizen and I suggest our President-Elect give him the post of Independent Prosecutor he spoke about while he was campaigning. I trust Martin Amidu will do a good job to help retrieve all our monies with outgoing government and its appointees and the lootees especially Woyome. I suggest when Martin is given the post he should bring Betty-Mould Iddrisu and Ebo Barton Oduro to book for the role they played in paying illegal judgment debt to their party sympathiser.
Martin Amidu really deserves to be the Attorney General to advise government on all legal issues as the position of Public Prosecutor or Special Public Prosecutor is TOO small for him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
President Elect. Let Martin Amidu be in charge of the independent prosecution that you will set up.I can assure you he will deliver.
MARTIN AMIDU HAS CONSISTENTLY FOUGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN MAHAMA'S GOVERNMENT. LIKE NANA ADU, MARTIN HATES INJUSTICE AND THEREFORE CRITICIZED THE CORRUPTION OF CREATE LOOT AND SHARE. PEOPLE LIKE MARTIN IS ALWAYS ESSENTIAL FOR THE GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF ANY SOCIETY OR ORGANIZATION. I HOPE THE PRESIDENT ELECT WOULD ADMIRE HIS COURAGE AND SACRIFICE TO THE NATION AND APPRECIATE HIS CONTRIBUTION TO DEFEAT THE ***barred word*** ADMINISTRATION. FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY AND THE SUCCESS OF THE INCOMING ADMINISTRATION MARTIN MUST PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE INCOMING ADMINISTRATION. PERHAPS TO CHAIR CHRAG OR BECOME ATTORNEY GENERAL AGAIN. WE MUST START TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATE PEOPLE WHO SACRIFICE CONSISTENTLY TO ENHANCE JUSTICE IN THE NATION. ALSO PEOPLE LIKE BUGRI NAABU WHO EXHIBITED EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY OF JUSTICE AND LOYALTY MUST BECOME A MODEL IN THE NATION FOR THE YOUTH TO EMULATE. POP
This man Amidu is a genius so the president Elect and to my Father Nana Addo please,please,please find a space in your government for this Man i called Sir Martin Amidu. Where is WOYOME,BETTY MOULD IDDRISU,BARTON ODURO,FIIFI KWETEY,SIPA YANKEY,KWABENA DUFFOUR and so on. They are all countless ***barred word*** that Sir must deal with them. #Bring Back Our Stolen monies Campaign shall kick start very SOOOOOOOOOOON
Martin you have said it all....The NPP must embark on a journey that will enable us retrieve all the stolen money under this heartless government of Mahama....Martin u must take up a position in this new government. I personally say God bless u and we must Keep politicians on their toes.