A pressure group – Truth and Accountability Forum (TAF) – has petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate what it claims to be possible acts of corruption by former President John Mahama in donating some vehicles to opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the party’s presidential candidate primaries.
According to the group, the timing of the donation of the vehicles by the former President is questionable and smacks of acts of corruption and ought to be investigated by CHRAJ.
Campaign Cars
In April, Mr. Mahama donated over 20 vehicles to the NDC saying it was to enhance the operational capacity of the party’s regional offices.
Although the source of the vehicle remains unknown, it was widely claimed at the time that the Nissan pickups and Renault Duster saloon cars were donated by various benefactors to support Mr. Mahama during the party’s internal presidential primaries.
Receiving the vehicles at the time, the party’s National Chairman, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo promised to intensify his efforts to raise logistics and resources for the party in the run-up to campaigns for the 2020 elections.
Mr. Ofosu-Ampofo also promised to use the vehicles to campaign to ensure Mr. Mahama, who lost the 2016 election as the first ever sitting President to do so, returns to power.
Petition
But TAF is calling on CHRAJ to investigate the donation by the former President, saying the donation is a recipe for vote-buying and acts of corruption.
The group is also calling on CHRAJ to investigate the source of funding for the purchase of the vehicles claiming “as it was publicly known that there were numerous corruption allegations levelled against Mr. Mahama when in office as President”.
“We are further fortified in our claim that the presentation of these vehicles by the respondent (Mr. Mahama) is a clear case of vote-buying gesture and act of corruption, as it had one flag bearer candidate, Goosie Tanoh, protesting vehemently and this eventually impacted on the results of the primaries which the respondent won massively,” the TAF petition signed by its Director and Spokesperson, Saaka Salia alleged.
Source: Daily Guide
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A good job done Mr Salaia. these N>D>C>people think they are wise.
this so called people are they serious they should send NPP Freddie Blay to CHRAJ
Ibn Ali, has Ghana complained Freddie Blay has taking her money? did Ghana give any responsibility to Freddie Blay to take care of her resources? your hate, envi*ness, jealousy for the NPP is what is destroying your party and that makes your party isolated in Ghana because you hate everything good for the nation. If you have any evidence of Freddie putting his hands in Ghana's cookie jar like John mahama did to Ghana's jar send him to court and stop your st*upidity which has grown to be irritating! They have every right to send john mahama to wherever they want because he resided over our resources and there has een so many shirt fall in our consolidated funds after he left hence even the founder of the ndc use last June 4th said the indemnity clause must be removed to pave the way for prosecution of some people ! Chairman lawyer Freddie Blay is a businessman and you can't count him as a corrupt person ,that's why Ayariga and that car dealer's case was stroke out in court! ndc are too foo*ools to my liking! How can you compare John mahama to a Chairman of a political party who has no hands in the resources of the state! agy*imifuo! CHRAJ sent him to court and the court has directed them to be searching for him because the court see the CHRAJ lawyer as st*upid ! and let's see what will become of John mahama's case! Id*iots
Where was this munafiki group when Freddie Blay bought over 200 mini-buses for the NPP prior to their congress? He who Jah bless, no man curse. John Mahama all the way.
When it us ndc it us completely nons*nse but Freddie Blay eho doesn't hold any public office should be crucified, ndc Onyame betua moka papa! and do you people at all think Ghana is for you? you can own your 4 regions but the rest can never ever be for the ndc. We are watching CHRAJ who want to work and prove their capability to invite this ndc Dapper Don John Gotti Mahama who ran Ghana like a Casino to answer ! It is match ado about something, we the good people of Ghana are very interested in this case. Kudos Salia!
complete ***barred word***. much a do about nothing