A Priivate legal practitioner and member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), as well as an Aide to Ex-President John Mahama, Lawyer Edudzi Tamakloe has attributed the arrest of Kofi Amoabeng, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of defunct UT Bank and the CEO of folded Beige Bank, Mike Nyinaku as an act of desperation by the Akufo-Addo led government to create a certain political narrative that the government is prosecuting founders of the defunct banks.
According to him, President Akufo-Addo is under pressure to satisfy the over 3 million customers who have been affected as a result of the manner in which the Bank of Ghana folded up some of these banks.
Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' Morning Show, Lawyer Edudzi Tamakloe asserted that the Akufo-Addo government believes that the action taken against those banks can have a dire political consequence going into an election, hence, the hasty prosecution of Kofi Amoabeng, Mike Nyinaku, and others to satisfy the customers.
He insisted that the prosecution is for political gain as the government is taking undue advantage of the fact that Article 88 of the 1992 Constitution allows it to use the Attorney General's Department to carry out prosecutions; thus, there was no fairness in the manner in which the founders of the defunct banks were taken to the Circuit Court.
" . . look at the impact the customers of DKM and God Is Love had over the 2016 election, and so the government is under pressure," he said.
He added that the action taken by the government will create a certain culture of vengeance in the minds of the citizens.
He mentioned that it is strange and curious to find out that the arrest of the founders of the defunct banks happened immediately after President Akufo-Addo had talked about the case during an event he attended.
He wondered why for the past two years, in the case of Kofi Amoabeng, the police caution statement states that the case is still under investigation in spite of the fact that investigations were conducted by the EOCO and a Special Investigation Team under the instruction of President Akufo-Addo at the initial stage of the case.
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Ghanaians are yearning for the prosecution of these persons who have caused the debt of over GHS15billion on the Ghanaian tax payer. I thought everyone would be happy that finally these guys are being prosecuted. The timing is irrelevant except for the propaganda of NDC and their surrogates. If they were not prosecuted, it would become an election propaganda, despite the fact that it was during the tenure of NDC that all these criminal actions took place in the banking sector. The people responsible will be prosecuted, whether Edujie Tamakloe like it or not.
Stup*d immature lawyer. You speak from your an*s. These are the small boys bringing the profession into disrepute
Hey the ayegbe lawyer thinks prosecuting these society cleptomaniacs is a desperate move by government. What a shame. Does he know the number of clients who have passed on because of these bank robbers? It baffles me how bank robbery escalates any time NDC comes to power. As for Mahama the little said about him the better. You can see muuuuu on his face. Describing him a con man will be a mild word.
What about Otabel and his gang? They did the same thing or worse.
Please you were talking about 3millon staff ,but have you thought about the CUSTOMERS NUMBERED OVER 6 MILLION ? A WORD TO A WISE IS ENOUGH.
Another ***barred word*** lawyer try and clean your teeth
Eiii AHA HMMM!! is this guy a lawyer how can spew like uncultured being who has never attended a formal education. I wonder how he got a certificate as a lawyer and this are the people who call themselves professional. Look at the havoc these people caused our financial sector they nearly collapsed the entire because their parochial gains. Now that the rule of law is working we have beast like Eduadzi spewing against the rule of law.
This is the man who think with his sense*less talks must be president at all cost because Ghana belongs to his father and they have the right to own all the resources in Ghana! this man has never talked about anything good for Ghana always attacking people with his uncivil talks. Ghana will choose a goat over john mahama. He is peeved because he trusted they were going to finance his campaign with. Ghanaians investment, nan*iama ! they are facing prosecution ! I can't understand why Kofi Amoabeng could shield Woyome of all the noise that Ghanaians were making and tried to hide his property ! A disciplined fine soldier of his caliber shouldn't have giving himself to these crim*inals, with his knowledge of intelligence should have known better ! I'm sad for this to happen to him but the adage goes like this "Show me your friend and I will show you your character" Kofi, edin pa, y3 sen ahunya! didnt your grandmother tell you that ?You allowed yourself to be used by ndc croo*ks and kriminals for their own interests and now your integrity and reputation are in question.Ghanaians will not sympathize with you because you chose ndc advise to outsmart Ghanaians on their hard earned fortunes! Let ndc alone weep for you because their campaign financial hope has been blocked.John mahama can weep blood over it ,it won't make any difference and he is not coming back to power today or tomorrow!
These political racketeers are milking the nation from all corners. The youth of Ghana must bundle together to fight this common enemy, corruption! This young lawyer amazes me. What have we come to?
THOSE WHO LIVE BY THE SWORD MUST DIE BY THE SWORD. IF PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS POINT TO THE FACT THAT THESE TWO MEN ARE CULPABLE IN THE COLLAPSE OF THEIR BANKS THEN THEY SHOULD FACE THE RIGOURS OF THE LAW. SIGNALS MUST BE SENT TO EVERYONE THAT YOUR PAST AND PRESENT DEEDS SHOULD MAKE YOU ANSWERABLE WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES POINT TO THAT. THAT IS WHY I ALWAYS SAY THAT I WOULD NOT SPARE EVEN MY MOTHER IF SHE IS FOUND CULPABLE BEFORE THE LAW, AND I MEAN IT. PUTING SOMEONE BEFORE THE LAW COURTS DOES NOT MEAN THE PERSON IS BEING PERSECUTED. IF THE PERSON IS FOUND TO BE INNOCENT HE WILL B SET FREE.