{"id":225333,"date":"2024-10-04T06:05:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T06:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/04\/martin-amidu-slams-mahama-over-airbus-corruption-allegations\/"},"modified":"2024-10-04T06:05:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T06:05:04","slug":"martin-amidu-slams-mahama-over-airbus-corruption-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/04\/martin-amidu-slams-mahama-over-airbus-corruption-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Amidu Slams Mahama Over Airbus Corruption Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Martin Amidu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has accused former President John Mahama of corruption, citing evidence from the Airbus SE-Ghana case.<\/p>\n<p>In a scathing article, Amidu described the Office of the Special Prosecutor\u2019s (OSP) August 8, 2024 report as \u201ca gargantuan hoax, hollow, and politically motivated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Airbus SE-Ghana case involves allegations of bribery and corruption in the purchase of military aircraft by the Ghanaian government between 2009 and 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The case led to the UK\u2019s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) imposing a \u00a33 billion fine on Airbus SE.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Allegations of Corruption<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amidu claims that the OSP\u2019s report suppressed critical evidence, including the involvement of Samuel Adam Foster, Mahama\u2019s brother, as Intermediary 5, the role of Philip Sean Middlemiss, Leanne Sarah Davis, and Sarah Furneaux, UK nationals, in the corruption scheme, bank statements related to the corruption transactions and the identity of Company D, used to facilitate the corrupt transaction.<\/p>\n<p>Amidu stated, \u201cThe OSP report is a subjective, gargantuan hoax, and hollow. It does a great disservice to former President Mahama by creating the perception of the OSP dabbling in the politics of election interference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous Investigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As Special Prosecutor, Amidu led the investigation into the Airbus SE-Ghana case from 2020.<br \/>He claims that the OSP\u2019s current report ignored critical evidence gathered during his tenure.<br \/>\u201cThe OSP from 9 August 2021 could not even identify the genesis of and genealogical reasons John Dramani Mahama was suspected of setting up the corruption enabling process,\u201d Amidu said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Independent Investigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amidu revealed that his investigation had uncovered Samuel Adam Foster\u2019s Ghanaian passport application and issuance in 2009, Foster\u2019s frequent travel to Ghana during the corruption period, and lack of professional experience among the UK nationals involved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call for Accountability<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, Martin Amidu demands that the OSP explains why it ignored critical evidence and conducted \u201csweetheart interviews\u201d with Mahama and the four UK nationals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhanaians need to know whether the interviews were conducted by an individual or a panel of investigators,\u201d Amidu said. \u201cThe sequence of the interviews also needs an explanation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>-BY Daniel Bampoe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Amidu \u00a0 Former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has accused former President John Mahama of corruption, citing evidence from the Airbus SE-Ghana case. In a scathing article, Amidu described the Office of the Special Prosecutor\u2019s (OSP) August 8, 2024 report as \u201ca gargantuan hoax, hollow, and politically motivated.\u201d Background The Airbus SE-Ghana case involves allegations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Martin Amidu Slams Mahama Over Airbus Corruption Allegations - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/04\/martin-amidu-slams-mahama-over-airbus-corruption-allegations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Martin Amidu Slams Mahama Over Airbus Corruption Allegations - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Martin Amidu \u00a0 Former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has accused former President John Mahama of corruption, citing evidence from the Airbus SE-Ghana case. 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