Anti-corruption campaigner Vitus Azeem has dismissed claims that the Attorney General is engaging in public persecution by announcing planned prosecutions against former public officials, saying the move is simply part of government transparency and due process.
His comments come in response to criticisms following Attorney General Dr. Dominic Ayine’s announcement that the former CEO of the National Food and Buffer Stock Company, Abdul-Wahab Hanan, and his wife, Faiza Seidu Wuni, will be charged with multiple offences including stealing, conspiracy to steal, and money laundering.
The AG during the series revealed that investigations had uncovered a complex scheme of money laundering and fraudulent activities during the former CEO’s time. Some he said involved suspicious transfers totaling over GHS 40.5 million through Sawtina Enterprise, a company linked to the former CEO.
Addressing concerns that the Attorney General had effectively judged the accused in the public domain in an interview on Citi Eyewitness News on Wednesday October 22, Mr. Azeem clarified that the AG had merely shared findings from his office’s investigations and indicated the intent to prosecute.
“As far as he is concerned, they are allegations. He hasn’t condemned them as such. These are the findings of his investigations which he now intends to proceed to the court for prosecution, so he has not judged the persons alleged to be involved,” Azeem explained.
“I don’t think that is the way you should look at it… I think he is just rendering his account to Ghanaians. There should be nothing wrong with that,” he added.
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