PC Appiah Ofori, the Member of Parliament for Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa said he wanted to be the Special Prosecutor of the country but he was not looked at by the President, Nana Akufo-Addo.
He said he tried on countless times to reach the President but all to no avail.
”I championed Akufo-Addo and put him up from 2007 up to the time he became president 2016. I am not happy about my abandonment. I am not happy about the way Akufo-Addo doesn’t know me again. Either he has blocked my line or changed his line. If I call him it doesn’t go [through]. I personally petitioned Akufo-Addo that I wanted to be sent to the board if the [Office of] Special Prosecutor so that I will become the investigator but no response from him.”
“I wrote the letter as soon as the Special Prosecutor was appointed. I just wanted to go there to investigate all these Auditor General’s reports. Some of the Auditor General’s reports are not comprehensive enough.” he said
He was speaking to Johnnie Hughes on the New Day on TV3 yesterday, September 28, 2020.
He also revealed that he regrets for not taking up a role in the Mahama administration when it was offered to him.
“John Mahama himself called me and told me he wanted me to go and play a role in his administration and I told him, that if he himself engages in corruption, I would not hesitate to expose him. He told me that was why he wanted me to come and be a check on him and his ministers but I didn’t take the position because if I should join NDC administration, it will mean that I had abandoned NPP and I had abandoned Akufo-Addo. So I told him I won’t take the position but any corrupt practices that will take place in his administration which will come to my notice, I will draw his attention to it.”
“As a nation, as a country for the better of Ghana, I think if I had placed Ghana’s interest above party and got into that position, I think I would have been able to get all those engaged in corruption prosecuted. So for that, I have regretted.” he added.
PC Appiah Ofori became famous when he accused the Kufuor administration of corrupt practices.
Source: Ghana Waves