"Petty Old Man, Stop Pushing Hatred Driven Agenda Against The NDC" - Sam George Lashes Martin Amidu

The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George has descended heavily on the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu calling him a petty old man who is pushing a hatred driven agenda against the largest opposition party, National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Airbus scandal.

According to him, Mr. Martin Amidu is being controlled by President Akufo-Addo to speed up in his finding as an attempt to demoralize the NDC ahead of the December 2020 general election.

Speaking at the floor of Parliament, Sam George said "Martin Amidu is a petty old man who is pushing a hatred driven agenda against the NDC in the Airbus Scandal"

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Sam George came out hard on Martin Amidu after a release by Interpol placed an arrest on Mr. Samuel Adam Mahama, brother of the NDC Presidential Candidate and three other persons.

He added that following the appointment of Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, the Special Prosecutor and the NPP are doing everything possible to destroy the enthusiasm the partnership has brought to the NDC.

Sam George said "President Akufo-Addo is robotically controlling Martin Amidu to pour water on the action. The whole move will not fly. I foresee a situation where despite whatever hidden agenda the government has against the NDC, we will succeed in our campaign and win the upcoming December Elections"

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Background

The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has issued an arrest warrant for Samuel Adam Fosters also known as Samuel Adam Mahama in relation to his role in the famous Airbus bribery saga.

According to Interpol, it has slapped Mr. Mahama with an offence of accepting bribe to influence a public officer and acting in collaboration with a public officer for the public officers private gain. Interpol's red notice has revealed that Mr. Adam Mahama could be jailed for not more than 25 years. In the arrest which was released on the 10th 0f July, 2020, it said "Assurances are given that an extradition will be sought upon arrest of the person, in conformity with national laws and/or the applicable bilateral and multilateral treaties.”

It is emerging that Ghana is one of five countries where European Aviation Giant, Airbus, paid or attempted to pay millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for contracts, leading a court in Britain to slap a fine of £3 billion on the company.

ThinkNewsOnline has gathered that the European Aviation Giants, Airbus admitted five counts, i.e. its failure in preventing bribery, using a network of secret agents to pay large-scale backhanders to officials in foreign countries, which has Ghana included and a land high-value contracts.

Story by: Joshua Kwabena Smith