Incensed former Deputy Minister of Power, John Jinapor wants government to employ a more “humane” way in dealing with issues surrounding the controversial Ameri power deal.
His house was raided by armed police personnel Friday morning as government gives strong indication of its resolve to investigate the numerous energy deals signed by the previous government.
Mr. John Jinapor who is also the Member of Parliament for Yapei Kusawgu said the security operatives told him specifically that they were “looking for documents related to the Ameri deal”.
But the former Deputy Minister told Joy News in the afternoon that police officers with search warrant from the “police hierarchy”, signed by one Bright Oduro found nothing.
Indeed the officers who accosted him in his house at 8 am searched everywhere including the kitchen, washrooms, and kids rooms, he he claimed.
“But they found nothing,” he said of the hours search.
They however took away his mobile phone (iphone) without his SIM and was asked to produce his laptop, which he said he needed clearance from the Speaker of Parliament first because it is the property of Parliament.
“I am not against investigations. I am ready to cooperate with any other agency interested in the matter, the truth will come out…but I think it should have been done in a more humane,” he asserted.
He said he is considering several options available to him with the Minority in Parliament on the development.
John Jinapor said his family are traumatised by the experience as he wondered why his personal phone was taken from him.
“I don’t know why they took the phone…there are a lot of private stuff on it and nothing official,” the former deputy minister who was once the spokesperson of then vice president John Mahama said.
The Ameri deal was signed by the Mahama-led government in late 2015 when the country was at the peak of its energy crisis that became known as “dumsor”.
The Power Minister who led the deal on behalf of government, Dr. Kwabena Donkor also had his house raided by security operatives on Monday.
Source: 3news
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ALL THESE RUNNING AROUND LOOKING FOR DOCUMENT WILL AMOUNT TO NOTHING, THE NPP GOVERNMENT CANT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE SO CALLED AMERI DEAL, MARK MY WORDS, IT WAS A POLITICAL GIMMICK ANNOUNCED TO WIN POWER...THEY CANT DO FOKO...
Hmmmm,why are we always defending these politician? The only thing they do is to enrich themselves with our hard tax payers money. What benefits do we get from them? So who is John Jinapor expecting the police to raid his house?
Unintelligent ***barred word***. Our special team of interrogators are in. You did the errands for mahama. Cough up the documents and money
You're the very best thieve ever period. They gotten your assholez. Parliament is not a safe heaven for you
MR JINAPOR,ALL THE ENERGY EXPECT WARNED YOU AND YOUR BOSS ABOUT THIS DEAL.BUT BECAUSE OF YOUR ARROGANT NATURE YOU DIDN'T LISTEN.YOU CREATED AN OFFICE IN DUBAI CALL AMERI YOU HAS NEVER ENGAGE IN POWER DEAL BEFORE.YOU WANTED TO STEAL FROM GHANAIANS,SO YOU OVER PRICED THE TRANSACTION.YOU HAVE BOUGHT HOUSES AROUND ACCRA AND TEMA.WHERE DID YOU GET THAT MONEY FROM?I SWEAR YOUR BROTHER CANNOT SAVE YOU.AND YOU CAN'T TELL THE GOVERNMENT HOW YOU WANT THE PROCESS TO BE.
I know where the papers are kept. The police should go to his home town of Yarpei he is hiding them somewhere there and Kwabena Donkor has his under a cocoa tree and think this will help them when the day of reckoning catches up they will run like Usain Bolt to get them. They are now calling on the speaker they said they were going to impeach to come to their aid ***barred word***! I heard Muntaka thanking the majority for adding their thoughts, where were these people when Mahama Ayariga without any court warrant single handedly seized the then biggest opposition leader Nana Akufo Addo's Mercedes Benz car?you see the world is round and goes round to meet again,what goes around comes around. Now Mahama Ayariga has so many questions to answer to the special prosecutor and the people of Ghana. Out of their ***barred word*** these ndc crooks run to study law thinking they can defend themselves by their 4×4 law they hurriedly learnt.Very Arrogant and disrespectful because they are held in high esteem in where they come fr om forgetting they come from the most deprived and poor areas of the country so they should have been humble . they've destroyed and made ndc unattractive by their utterances and postures.
U think Ghanaians are fuuuuls eh? U will surely go to jail. Eiiii Where is Fiiifi Kwetey? I wish him a quick recovery from his ailment.dumbness
you have no other choice than to cooperate.... This dirty deal that you and your evil ndc party engaged in could finish your political career and land you in jail.
Our security personnel are politically influenced because of the they way they are dealing with former NDC government appointees. Otherwise I see no reason why they cannot invite the suspects to the police station and interrogate them. I see no sense in raiding the homes of the suspects. In any case all information on the deal should be found at the Ministry. This is unprofessional on the part of the security agencies especially the police.
They will always come out to defend them and do politics with it knowing that almost all of them are corrupt. I hope and pray that the president should allow the laws of Ghana to deal with these corrupt kr1minals and it will serve a good lesson for his government.