I dare NDC to prove corruption claims against Akufo-Addo – Gabby Otchere-Darko

On August 10, 2024, 3:08 AM

A prominent member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has challenged the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its flagbearer, to prove a single corruption claim against President Akufo-Addo that is equivalent to the Airbus scandal.

In a post on X on Friday, August 9, 2024, Mr Otchere-Darko criticised the opposition party for its constant accusations against the president and his family.

This comes after the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), cleared former President John Mahama of any wrongdoing in the Airbus bribery scandal.

The OSP said his outfit found no evidence of former President Mahama’s involvement in the Airbus deal and deemed his interactions with Airbus officials as well-intentioned.

“Let’s dare the opposition and their ‘squeaky clean’ leader to name one clear case (not mere allegation) against Akufo-Addo, his family members, or appointees that come anywhere remotely close to this Airbus case and its volumes of findings by investigators and admissions of guilt by the bribe giver. Let them put the Airbus case side by side with any of the charges they continue to lay at the NPP’s doorstep,” Mr Otchere-Darko.

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He also accused the NDC of desperately relying on the “fictitious” ‘Agyapadie’ document as the source of their claims.

“Yet, so desperate are they that they (led by JM himself) are eager to rely confidently & unashamedly on a book of fiction as their main dossier of evidence & to use same to draw links and conclusions from other instances to show that what Ghanaians are enduring today is worse than what they did see under Mahama’s NDC; never mind the tons of evidence of real developments and spendings that have gone directly into the welfare and wellbeing of families and communities across the country,” he said.