Former President John Dramani Mahama has thrown a challenge to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to arrest and prosecute him, if indeed he (Mahama) amassed wealth and acquired property during his tenure as president.
A fired-up Mr Mahama said the government could go ahead to take over his alleged hotel in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, if indeed, he owns such a facility.
The former president also said that he had been accused of owning ships in Tokyo, Japan and wondered what the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government was waiting for before taking action against him.
The former president is said to have acquired several properties, especially in Dubai, as well as in Ghana, where cronies were said to have been used to acquire those properties.
One of such properties the former president has been linked to is the Homes Chain gated estate where he was residing lately.
Pressure
Addressing opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) activists in London, United Kingdom, Mr. Mahama put pressure on the NPP government to prove that he is corrupt, adding that all the allegations against him were baseless.
He also boasted that he ran an incorruptible government.
The ex-president asserted that the NPP government is in the business of manufacturing all kinds of allegations against him and the people who served under him.
Already, some of his appointees have been caught in the corruption web and facing prosecution in court.
Mr Mahama had advised NDC supporters to storm the court in solidarity with the accused appointees.
NDC’s Track Record
“I’ve always told the NDC that we should hold our heads high; let’s not be ashamed of our records like we did nothing,” he said, adding, “They say there was massive corruption, massive corruption where? They just kept manufacturing it and repeating it all the time.
“Go ahead and prosecute, we’ve told them. If I have done wrong prosecute me. They talk about hotels in Dubai, seize them, you’re in office. They talk about ships in Tokyo, go and take over them; I mean they talk about all kinds of lies and they kept on repeating them and people thought such things exist.”
Initial Challenge
This is not the first time Mr Mahama is throwing a challenge to President Akufo-Addo and his NPP government to take him and his appointees on, if indeed, they stole from the public purse.
At one of the NDC’s so-called ‘unity walks’ held in Techiman in the Brong-Ahafo Region in January, the former president had dared the NPP government to arrest him and his wife, Lordina, if the government believes they were in any way involved in the DKM Microfinance Company scandal that rocked the region and other places.
Thousands of customers of DKM Microfinance lost their investments, running into millions of Ghana cedis, after the owners of the company had allegedly squandered the investments of customers.
The unfortunate incident forced a number of people out of business while some even reportedly committed suicide.
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) subsequently stepped in and declared the company bankrupt before confiscating its assets and appointing the Registrar General to commence a liquidation process to refund the customers’ investments in 2016.
Political Topic
It became a heated political topic in the run-up to the 2016 general elections, which Mr Mahama lost miserably, dashing his hope of securing a second term in office and thereby making him the first sitting president in Ghana’s political history to be defeated overwhelmingly by an opposition leader.
“When the DKM issue came up, the NPP accused my wife and me of owning that company. So they said when they come into power, they will retrieve the money from us and give it back to those it was taken from. By God’s grace today, they are now in power. I challenge them to investigate the ownership of DKM. If DKM is owned by my wife and me, arrest us; but they are now very quiet,” he had fired.
He added, “For lies, if you tell one, you have to keep telling lies to save yourself. It is said that you can lie to win power but you can’t govern a nation with lies,” he added.
Source: Daily Guide
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Nana Addo is very imcompetent. This Clearing Agent of a President and his incompetent ***barred word*** in govt will be thrown out in 2020. GHANA is FILTHY. ECONOMY is going downwards. ARMED ROBBERY ON THE RISE. CORRUPTION at FLAGSTAFF HOUSE, BOST etc. BANKS CLOSING DOWN,TV LICENSE going up, Forcing us to pay ROAD TOW LEVY just to STEAL money for his cronies. GOD will punish him severely MAHAMA, Ghana is waiting for your RETURN.
MAHAMA is coming back in 2020. God gave us Nana Addo to sell our country to USA so that we could see the difference. Nana Addo and his family and friends govt will smell pepper very soon.
mahama should stop this nonesense comments and contribute healthy to ongoing saga. youu will be affected if the terrorist strike
Somebody tell mahama he can lie to his people in Bole Bamboi he will let honey and milk flow in their pipes while he used that money to buy mansions in Dubai for them to believe him but for the 54% who voted massively against him and his 40 ***barred word*** nothing will change their minds, listen, John mahama those who talked to in the UK were fed by you, so will have time to listen to your nons*nse but for the true Ghanaians who are hardworking in diaspora and who fought hard in cash and intelligence to bring NPP to power have no time for you. Diaspora is NPP constituency and nothing will change that. ***barred word*** awu nyadzi president!
Did he just said he run an incorruptible government? What is known as bus branding scandal? $3M flown to Brazil? Kanazoe ford bribe? ...... This corrupt, greedy and incompetent John Ford Mahama is now hallucinating.... Ghanaians must ignore him....
What is wrong with this man? He is behind the scene trying to bring chaos into the country. The NPP should not be distracted ... Those who have misconducted themselves whilst in office should be made to account for their stewardship. The language of the NDC is nauseating to say the least. He should be ashamed of himself rather trying to stage a comeback to do what? Insulting the President will not save them. ***barred word***
Let me adjust my comfortable chair and write sense to that thing by name Mahama. It is clear that, the rational beings in Ghana know very well that Mahama is a th1ef and does not think like a human being, in other words he is an an1mal, he is just crying all because he lost the power to become a competent President, tell him, those of you who can read, that he is a curse to his own northern thrush people who helped him to collapsed the nation by stealing, we are waiting to see him under the wrath of God, .... I will continue
KT, do you understand indemnity clause? If Mahama stole money he can be jailed. It means you are one of those you believe the lies NPP told us. I remember Sir John holding a press conference over a borehole the NDC was doing at 60,000 Ghana cedis. He said NDC wanted to steal. But 5 months after that press conference NPP GAVE the contract at 120,000 cedis for each borehole. Just five months. So you see the lies?
THIS GENTLEMAN KNOWS HE IS PROTECTED BY A INDEMNITY CLAUSE, SO HE CAN SHOUT ABOVE THE ROOF TOP. HE SHOULD WAIT AND SEE. I DON'T EXPECT HIM TO INCITE HIS PARTY MEMBERS TO MASS UP IN THEIR NUMBERS TO GO TO THE COURTS WHEN THEY ARE CHARGED WITH CAUSING FINANCIAL LOSS TO THE STATE
African leadership u are a good man but those around come into politics with their own interests ,it is left to u to hold them accountable for their actions.you must have ur grip on your team members and not be sympathetic towards their evil way that is the only way u can meet ur Target and save ur name.