The aggrieved Electoral Commission (EC) Staff whose petition caused the eventual dismissal of Charlotte Osei as EC Chairperson, have also dragged her to the Special Prosecutor.
The two, Forson Ampofo and Godsway Dadjoe, filed a petition at the Office of Special Prosecutor, requesting that the dismissed EC boss be prosecuted for causing financial loss to the State.
In their petition, they cited the controversial Aerovote, STL, Dreamoval, and Quarzar contracts under Charlotte Osei’s tenure, as suspicious deals.
They had requested for criminal investigations be instituted against her.
They also want her acquisition of a new Head Office for the Commission investigated.
President Nana Akufo-Addo on June 28, 2018, removed Charlotte Osei and her two deputies – Amadu Sulley and Georgina Opoku Amankwa from office upon the recommendation of a committee set up by the Chief Justice, to investigate separate complaints brought by some Ghanaian citizens.
The Chief Justice Committee also recommended prosecution.
Charlotte Osei was accused of various procurement breaches, whilst her deputies were also found guilty of same offenses as well as financial malfeasance.
The staff of the EC first petitioned President Nana Akufo-Addo in July 2017, to remove Mrs. Osei from office over allegations of fraud and financial malfeasance as well as abuse of office.
Some of the allegations involved the unilateral award of contracts by the EC boss in the run-up to the 2016 general election.
The petition against her alleged among others the funneling of GHc3.9 million to partition an office, the receipt of a Toyota Land Cruiser from the Mahama government, and the use of about $14 million when the Public Procurement Authority had authorized her to use only $7.5 million.
Mrs. Osei also responded by making allegations of corruption against her deputies.
She claimed she was only being hounded because she sought to introduce systems to curb mismanagement.
Charlotte Osei accused a deputy Chairperson of the Commission of illegally signing contracts worth over GHc 40 million without her approval.
Another individual, by name Douglas Seidu, also petitioned the President in August 2017 seeking the removal of the EC Chair, on the grounds of “financial misconduct, incompetence, conflict of interest and breaches of the public procurement processes.
Source: citinewsroom.com
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Do you understand what your name means in fanti? It means use.less person. That is who you are.
I agree standard should be high, let's start with the president and Charlotte will follow.
Forson Ampofo and Godsway Dadjoe should be very careful for allowing npp to used them against their own boss thus akufo ado sacking osei from office.they should remember what they are doing under npp and then also they should note that governance is a transit one day their cup will be full and the whole world will see them.they have been used by npp to sack this woman upon declaring them as 2016 winner of general election. Forson Ampofo and Godsway Dadjoe, God is monitory u since you guys are very corrupt and u can not escape punishment from God that you guys are not currupt, the cup you are using today will be used for you tomorrow is a fact,
Uhuru, pls. take it easy Standards need to be high. if procurement breaches result in financial loss it is prosecutable and it is as sinful as any criminal offence. Remember others have been to jail not because they embezzle but because they negligently created loss for cronies to chop. Prosecution could even make Charlotte's case better and exonerate her from wrong of acting with criminal intent. You also have a responsibility to report those cases you suspect others have milked the nation as a responsible citizen if you have compelling evidence as others are doing. Stay blz
Parallelogram is a quadrilateral with two opposite sides being parallel. This case is parallel to Prez. Mahama. The NPP want to kill even the shadow of Mahama which has become an exercise in futility, just as some planted people want to kill even the shadow of Charlotte Osei at the EC. This is also an exercise in futility.
WE SAW IT, LIKED IT AND CHOSE IT. Did i just read about "innocuous mistakes"? And you call others 1diots? I guess you @Uhuru are the representation of 1diocy. Whatever Charlotte is to you, you better think again because she's been caught in her own web. You can choose to call it mistake, error, etc, we'll apply the law to the letter. You can go burn the sea.
Egimifo wor Ghana paaaaaa oo! Of all the corruption cases in Ghana what some ediot want is the prosecution of EC chair for procurement breaches that has already led to the person's removal. The woman hasn't embezzled any money yet some ediots want her hanged because of mere and sheer hatred. By the way, Martin amidu if he has some work to do he should start prosecuting people who has been steallling our scarce resources into their pockets, not those who were genuinely doing their work but made some innocuous mistakes along the way.