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The Communications Director for New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Buaben Asamoa has apologised to the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu for telling him to stop complaining about interference in his work.<\/p>\n

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The Communications Director for New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Buaben Asamoa has apologised to the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu for telling him to stop complaining about interference in his work.<\/p>\n

After Mr. Amidu released an article<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0condemning his actions, Mr. Asamoa said he \u201cwill defer to the Special Prosecutor on this one.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he [Martin Amidu] believes that my remarks are indirectly directing him, then I am afraid I am sorry for having said that because I will be the last person to attempt to direct him,\u201d Mr. Asamoa said on Eyewitness News.<\/p>\n

Mr. Asamoa\u2019s initial criticism of Mr. Amidu came after the Special Prosecutor had commented on the status of a probe into the former Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining, Charles Bissue.<\/p>\n

Anas Aremeyaw Anas\u2019 Tiger Eye P.I. petitioned the Special Prosecutor in February 2019 after its own investigations implicated Bissue in possible corruption.<\/p>\n

Mr. Amidu said there was some interference in his work after the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service released a report exonerating Charles Bissue following its own probe.<\/p>\n

In his response to Mr. Asamoa, the Special Prosecutor said there was an attempt to \u201ctacitly instruct\u201d the way he runs his office.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHon. Yaw Buaben Asamoa latched on my explanation and information to the public through the interview to run to the defence of the Criminal Investigation Department as though it is a Department of deaf and dumb. Hon. Yaw Buaben Asamoa did this by pretending to be directing me as an ignoramus on how to perform the duties of my Office.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mr. Amidu further said Ghanaians saw beyond Mr. Asamoa\u2019s remarks, which were \u201ca subtle way of defending the CID and a party colleague who was the subject of the alleged exoneration.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy come to the defence of a public institution when it is capable of defending itself except to score political points?\u201d<\/p>\n