{"id":467019,"date":"2018-02-23T20:39:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T20:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/23\/i-was-rejected-by-law-school-but-you-saved-me-amidu-thanks-legon-lecturer\/"},"modified":"2018-02-23T20:39:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T20:39:17","slug":"i-was-rejected-by-law-school-but-you-saved-me-amidu-thanks-legon-lecturer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/23\/i-was-rejected-by-law-school-but-you-saved-me-amidu-thanks-legon-lecturer\/","title":{"rendered":"I was rejected by law school but you saved me &#8211; Amidu thanks Legon lecturer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 23 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-23<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/59560013.295.jpg\" alt=\"Special Prosecutor Amidu Martin Se\" title=\"Special Prosecutor Amidu Martin Se\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Special Prosecutor,  Martin Amidu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519418357_740_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has used his swearing-in ceremony to pay a glowing tribute to a University of Ghana lecturer whom he has credited for helping him become a lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Martin Amidu said  a Commonwealth Hall tutor Prof. J.N.D Doudu was forceful in ensuring he gained admission into the University of Ghana to read law<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He ensured that I was not cheated out by the exclusion of my name from the LLB class list at the Faculty of Law after my first university exams when I had qualified for placement by merit&#8221; Amidu remembered the 43-year old gesture.<\/p>\n<p>Looking back at how the professor stood up for him when he was a nobody, Martin Amidu said the gesture &#8220;contributed in no small measure to my position, my passion for the defence of truth fairness integrity transparency and merit in public life&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Martin Amidu who is now 66-years-old said had it not been for the professor, he &#8220;might not have been available for this job&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Fate and destiny have conspired to land the anti-corruption campaigner the foremost anti-corruption task in Ghana as the first-ever Special Prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p>Rejected by the NDC after leaving the Atta-Mills government in 2012 under charged political circumstances, Amidu has been accepted by the NPP government with the President describing him as a principled lawyer and a man of integrity.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/Fs0ntVGP-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Martin Amidu, the longest-serving deputy Attorney-General and one-time Vice-Presidential candidate to late President John Evans Atta Mills went to court after he was fired from government, single-handedly secured a judgment ordering an NDC financier to return more than ?51.2m in wrongful judgment debt payments.<\/p>\n<p>In his lonely battles and fiery letters, Amidu exposed the Mahama-led NDC administration as a lethargic, excuse-giving government when it came to fighting corruption.<\/p>\n<p>He is facing disciplinary action within the NDC with some keen to have him expelled from the party for helping the NPP win the 2016 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Amidu who spent more than 20 years in public service and six years out as a citizen vigilante, has landed a post that has endorsed his politically suicidal decisions to fight political corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The Special Prosecutor, a creation of the NPP government is to make the fight against political corruption a non-partisan one.<\/p>\n<p>During his swearing-in, Amidu showered praises on Akufo-Addo for proving that he prioritises the interest of Ghana above party after nominating a man from a different political persuasion.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/U2WTeUZX-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He said he would not have accepted the post had it not been for what he found in President Akufo-Addo as a man of integrity and honour.<\/p>\n<p>Describing Akufo-Addo as a professional adversary, Martin Amidu testified of the president&#8217;s days in court as a lawyer during landmark constitutional cases in which Amidu was the deputy Attorney-General.<\/p>\n<p>Akufo-Addo at the swearing-in testified of Amidu&#8217;s &#8220;tenacity&#8221; 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