The 2024 operating mate of the opposition New Patriotic Social gathering (NPP), Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly often known as Napo, has confirmed that he was just lately interrogated by the Nationwide Intelligence Bureau (NIB).
In keeping with him, the interrogation shaped a part of investigations into his tenure as Minister for Training from January 2017 to January 2021, throughout former President Akufo-Addo’s administration.
Dr Prempeh made the revelation whereas responding to the continuing controversy surrounding former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, who has, for the second time, been declared a wanted fugitive by the Workplace of the Particular Prosecutor (OSP).
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Talking in an interview sighted by Pulse Information, Dr Prempeh harassed the significance of accountability for former authorities appointees. He said:
Once I was invited by NIB, I used to be on a therapy follow-up exterior the nation. After recovering, I returned for questioning. I used to be later invited once more, and I honoured it.
He additionally urged the OSP to contemplate travelling to america to interrogate Mr Ofori-Atta, who’s reportedly making ready for prostate most cancers surgical procedure.
There are folks the OSP has travelled to query as a result of they had been unable to return to the nation. He can do the identical. Ken Ofori-Atta has confirmed that he’s within the USA. This can settle the controversy.
In the meantime, the Particular Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has accused Mr Ofori-Atta and his authorized staff of appearing in unhealthy religion and intentionally evading investigations, following his failure to appear earlier than the OSP on 2nd June.
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At a press convention held the identical day, Mr Ofori-Atta was once more declared a needed fugitive. The OSP additionally initiated an Interpol Purple Discover request and referred to as for extradition proceedings for his provisional arrest and return to Ghana.
Mr Ofori-Atta is below investigation for allegedly inflicting monetary loss to the state via 5 high-profile transactions, together with the controversial Nationwide Cathedral mission, a deal involving ambulance spare components, the GRA-SML contract, and the termination of a community enchancment settlement between the Electrical energy Firm of Ghana (ECG) and Beijing Expertise.
