Renowned Private legal practitioner, Hon. Inusah Fuseini has expressed doubt about the success of an invitation issued from the Office of the Special Prosecutor, Mr. Martin Amidu to four non-resident Ghanaians to assist in investigations into the infamous Airbus SE scandal.
A public notice by the OSP said the individuals identified by acronym in the Statement of Facts and accepted as findings of fact in a judgement of the UK Crown Court are to assist in the investigation of corruption and corruption-related offences in the purchase of the Aircraft.
The OSP notice read: "SAMUEL ADAM FOSTER a. k. a. SAMUEL ADAM MAHAMA a UK/Ghanaian citizen, and the three other UK nationals: PHILIP SEAN MIDDLEMISS, LEANNE SARAH DAVIS and SARAH FURNEAUX are hereby invited to assist the Office of the Special Prosecutor in the on-going investigation of bribery and corruption involving in excess of 3,596,523.00 Euros and 1,665,000.00 Euros respectively, and collaborating with Ghanaian public Officers to use their public office for private profit or benefit in the purchase of three (3) C-295 aircraft by the Government of Ghana from Airbus SE".
Reacting on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia Morning Show, the Member of Parliament for Tamale Central Constituency described the invitation by one of the country's longest-serving Deputy Attorney-Generals as much ado about nothing.
“First of all, I am a bit confused because Martin Amidu is an astute lawyer in this country but he also knows that our criminal jurisdiction is territorial and so if someone commits a crime, it should be done in the country and if the person is outside, we cannot go beyond the borders to arrest the person. We don’t have that power. Martin Amidu himself knows that he does not have that power to arrest or invite anybody to assist in investigations into the Airbus scandal unless he invokes a mutual legal assistance regime between Ghana and United Kingdom”, he argued.
He explained Mr Amidu's action cannot be considered as an act of mutual legal assistance, since under such regime, the Special Prosecutor is not permitted to announce their names in the dailies.
“The mutual legal assistance scheme, if you invoke it, then you don’t announce it. You only deal with the United Kingdom’s government and its Attorney-General office, especially the one that takes care of their constitution to discuss what you are doing in Ghana and how the issue comes under mutual legal assistance scheme”, he explained, adding that "inviting those four people to travel to Ghana, sleep in a hotel and assist him" in an investigation is unheard off; insisting that his "action has no precedence" especially in a criminal investigation of this nature.
“In Ghana, our law says that everyone has his/her civic responsibility to assist in the prevention of a commission of a crime and so it is up to you and me in Ghana to do that...it is not up to Ghanaians to ensure that a crime is not committed in Britain and neither does it depend on a British national to ensure that a crime is not committed in Ghana”, he opined.
He made it clear that “even if there had been an element of criminality in the Airbus scandal, the crime may have been committed in the United Kingdom”.
"....but i want to Martin Amidu the benefit of doubt...maybe he knows something that I don't know regarding the people he has invited to assist in getting to the bottom of the Airbus scandal," he added.
Source: Daniel Adu Darko/Peacefmonline.com
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@ Mr Fuseini - Please be informed that all International Crimes involve Foreigners. Airbus already found Guilty - so there is no doubt that a crime had been committed. If you and your people are innocent you have nothing to fear. WE SEE YOUR FEAR.
What at all is disturbing these NDc people about this Airbus bribery issue? The Airbus issue will soon eat up John Ford Airbus Mahama....... His second coming as president will only remain a wish and the corrupt NDC party will disintegrate.
Jato who are the Ghanaians you talking about? Ndc the infidel party? You cr*azy ! Listen, the whole world knows the legitimate political party in Ghana is the npp. Papa JJ just used it as a tool to be president and has abandon it so its no more a political party in Ghana hence full of foreigners. Ndc are wise mpo ni boi thdn i dont know how your st**upidity will look like. In fact Inusah Fuseini anim s3 nkyenam papa! anyway i love your facial decoration wooow ! Eeeiiiii and they dont even feel ashamed but talking trash. When ndc hear Air bus then they get kpokpogbligbli attack ! The evil that men do lives after them ! Infidels can't mistreat Ghanaians and go scot free, you can't take what doesnt belong to you and go scot free ! You can't use Ghana to build your empire and have sound sleep some people laid down their lives for this country and their blood will forever cry against evil people who come to destroy this beautiful city on a Hill! A 3rd world country that is being hailed all over the world because we have authentic Ghanaians who think of this country and want to make it great and strong and we won't allow unenlightened primitive people to destroy this beautiful city among the world.
Martin Amidu and npp behaving like jss kid in politics,they should remind themselves that Ghanaians are wiser and smarter than before, after they liaryed to us to win the 2016 elections,now that convid-19 has broken up their diabolic plans to rig the 2020 elections with compilation of the new voters register, is seems they don't have any more rout go then air-bus propaganda against ndc, sorry to let the them know they have failed poootooo,nothing visible of economic improvement being felt in the citizens life,no infrastructure development for the masses to benefit nothing,nothing only bragging and bragging with 1000 jubilee npp foot soldiers employed wasting of tax payers money
Time will tell. In Martin Amidu I trust. Government Official One is having sleepless nights.
All members of NDC have become defense lawyers on the Airbus scandal. The question is, which clients are they defending? Airbus is really shaking the foundation of the corrupt NDC
you people are so afraid of this airbus investigation and i don't understand. do they know something the rest of us don't know?
You think Martin does not know what he is doing? Masa go and sleep