A member of the opposition NDC Legal Team, Lawyer Abraham Amaliba, has asked the ruling NPP not to get overly-excited following the recent ruling on the NCA $4m Scandal.
An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Kyei Barfuor handed a six-year jail term to Mr. William Tetteh Tevie, Eugene Baffoe-Bonnie, and slapped a five-year jail term on Salifu Osman, a former National Security representative coordinator.
Justice Eric Kyei Baffour found them guilty of causing a $4 million financial loss to the state.
Some Communicators of the ruling government see the ruling as a sign of the government's willingness to fight corruption.
The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe Abronye in a panel discussion on UTV said unlike the previous NDC administration, President Akufo-Addo has shown a strong commitment to fighting the corruption canker.
However, Lawyer Amaliba says their excitement is misplaced because 'it is easy to take your opponents to court'.
Speaking in an interview on Neat FM's 'Me Man Nti' programme, he asked President Akufo-Addo to drag members of his administration who have been accused of corruption to court since that is where the real commitment to fighting the canker lies.
"They shouldn’t praise themselves or clap for themselves . . . the test is to take your own people to court. It is easy to take your opponents to court; it doesn’t mean you are fighting corruption. Selective prosecution will not lead to fighting corruption. If you are on a stop malaria crusade, you fight mosquitoes everywhere; you don’t select the kind of mosquitoes you should kill . . . it is never done," he told host McJerry Osei Agyemang.
Citing the Australian visa scandal and other corruption allegations levelled against some members in the ruling government, he said, in other to stop opposition people like him from talking, "If I were the President, I would have put one or two of them before court. But President Akufo -Addo will not do that, he will rather clear you".
Listen to him in the video below
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MAY I KNOW ,IF THIS ABRAHAM AMALIBA ALSO BENEFITTED FROM DR.KWAME NKRUMAH,s 50YEARS FREE EDUCATION AS DRAMANI MAHAMA HAD?NOW WE NEED THAT BOY SAMMY GYAMFI TO COME OUT FROM HIS HIDE OUT BECAUSE HIS MASTERS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO NSAWAM PRISIONS.
I have always wondered how Amaliba earned his law degree. It baffles my mind. When he speaks over issues I hardly get his drift because he doesn't make sense to me.
The so called probity party now support c0rrupt people....... Create, l00t and share NDC party. You guys will never come back to power again. As for your airbus bribe flag bearer........... Tweaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Eih Amaliba you are near expiration. You have got broad top motorway.
IF A CRIMEE OF CORRUPTION IS COMMITTED IN 2010 AND ANOTHER ONE IS COMMITTED IN 2015 WHAT SHOULD BECOME THE JUSTIFICATION TO I INVESTIGATE THE 2015 CASE BEFORE 2010. IF I DO THE 2015 FIRST I JEOPARDIZE THE POSSIBILITY TO GET GOOD WITNESS FOR 2010 CASE. THIS TYPE OF THINKING SHOWN BY AMALIBA AND HIS LIKE IN NDC IS BAD JUDGEMENT OF GOVERNANCE WHICH CAUSED NDC TO FAIL WOEFULLY.
Amaliba and the talk talk he has forgeting when Mountaka had problem with the Chinchinka issues .Atta Mills clear him and said anybody has not sin before should through stone him.
Where did this Amaliba learnt his law? If he thinks the court erred in finding them guilty, as NDC lawyer, go and appeal. Why do NDC people glorify people emptying state coffers? Are they guilty? Yes, then it does not matter whether he is in opposition party or your own.
NDC is about time you guys talk sense