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More of Rawlings’ men for trial

A Serious Fraud Office (SFO) document in the hands of the police has lined up a number of people in the previous government for possible prosecution if proven guilty in ongoing investigation. The document which is in the possession of the media and confirmed by a source at the Serious Fraud Office as authentic indicate that, any moment from now, more of Rawlings’ ‘Men Of Integrity’ will be lined up and tried for criminal offences related to corruption under the NDCs own crafted “causing Financial Loss To The State” law. The document has a list of 25 names of NDC leading members and appointees under investigations for various offences, as well as companies and project names under which the cases of economic crime or corruption were committed. Significantly, December 31st as an institution, is cited in four cases regarding funds accessed from ECOBANK, without interest being paid. Top on the list is Mrs Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, Kwamena Ahwoi, jailed former Minister of Trade and MP of Keta Dan Abodakpi, Kofi Totobi Quakyi and former Minister for Finance and Economic Planning Mr Kwame Peprah. Jailed MP Dan Abodakpi caught in another $400,000 deal has his name appearing three times in the ‘black document.’ Depending on the outcome of investigations, Abodakpi may also have yet another day in court to answer charges about his alleged 30 per cent shares in Irani Brothers, kickback paid by COTECNA to NDC and $32 million CIBA funds that cannot be accounted for under his administration. Mr Kwamena Ahwoi, head honcho of the erstwhile dreaded Citizens Vetting Committee created by the Rawlings December 31 company also have to answer charges together with Eddie Annan respectively in deals involving waste disposal companies City and Country Waste and Groupe Chagnon. Sati Ocran, a top December 31st activist, has also been cited in the Groupe Chagnon case. Former Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Kwame Peprah has four other cases pending against him in respect of VANEF-STC, CP, La Palm Royal beach Hotels and New York Bay International. Former Minister of national Security Totobi Quakyi is also to face trial for causing financial loss of $6 million to the state in the divestiture of Ghana Film Company. Dr Lindsay, a former IGP peter Nanfuri and Nii Okaidja Adamafio, former Minister of the Interior, have also been cited in a case of fraudulent procurement of Tundra vehicles for the Police Service. The vehicles were allegedly diverted from South African company to an American company. Nana Konadu Rawlings’ December 31st Movement is cited four times in the document regarding cases of economic crime or causing financial loss to the state. The first is a deal with ECOBANK in which they are alleged to have failed to pay interest on a $500,000 loan facility received from the bank. Besides the CARIDEM case, the Movement also has on its hand other cases under investigation, including a Chinese loan and other Africa Development Bank (ADB) loans totaling $4 million. The Obotan Project with SSNIT and SSB Investments, and Charles Asare, Ekow Awoonor and Enterprise Insurance, feature in the documents is the case of Aluminum Enterprises Limited Kwatsons, also cited for $7 million deal. The name of former Divestiture Implementation Committee (DIC) boss Emmanuel Agbodo, also found space in the document. He sis cited in the case of Gold City Communications, with Peprah again as well as Yankey and others being quoted in the infamous Presidential jet case. Source: The Ghanaian Observer

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