Former Special
Prosecutor Martin Amidu has alleged that people in the higher echelons of power
sanctioned agents to cause harm to him at his residence on Monday because of
his recent criticism of the government.
According to
him, he has come under constant attacks by the government since he was removed
as the special prosecutor.
In a statement
copied to the media, the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice added
that plans for him to be assassinated were even stopped by the late Victor
Newman, a founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
“I have lived
under threats of assassination, armed robbery, and the burning of my house, from
this regime since 16 November 2020. The late Victor Newman aborted the
discussions to assassinate me then.
“These threats
intensify anytime I exercise my right to defend the Constitution just as I did
recently on 28 June 2023 and 30 June 2023 resulting in a covert attack on my
residence at 2:15 am, dawn yesterday, Monday 3 July 2023.
"As I said
in November 2020, the President, Nana Akufo-Addo is ultimately responsible for
anything violent that befalls me or my residence. I shall not back down from
defending the 1992 Constitution as I am enjoined to do as a citizen of Ghana.
No Ghanaian patriot must be cowed by the threats of those violating the
Constitution, he wrote.
The former
special prosecutor made remarks while reacting to reports of the NPP warning
its communicators against attacking the personality of the Dormaahene, Osagyefo
Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, who criticised the government and the Supreme Court
over the prosecution of the Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye
Quayson.
“The
distinguished and eminent Chief of the Dormaas is lucky that the communicators
attacked only his personality on air and their superiors have seen the danger
it poses for the NPP in the 2024 elections. In my case, Nana Akufo-Addo’s
undercover operatives and agents were unleashed on my residence at the dawn of
yesterday, Monday 3 July 2023,” he said.
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