Former Attorney-General Martin ABK Amidu, has praised the work of state attorneys who have been heavily criticised for recommending the discontinuation of the case against eight Delta Force members. In a statement released Friday, he called their three-page legal opinion ‘exceptional’ and ‘excellent’. The eight suspects who are members of NPP para-security group Delta Force … Read more
Former Attorney General Martin Amidu’s opinion on the Delta 8 case vis-à-vis the State Attorney’s advice to prosecutors to drop the matter for want of evidence remains just his opinion because he is not “wiser” than every lawyer in Ghana, former North Dayi MP, George Loh has said. Below is Mr Amidus’s full opinion on … Read more
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority in Parliament is acting unconstitutionally in its complaints on the matter of the release of the eight members of pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) group, according to a former Attorney General, Martin Amidu has said. Mr. Amidu, in an article, described the Minority’s attitude as “political interference” in the duties … Read more
Martin Amidu has argued that the state prosecutor who dropped the charges against members of the eight members Delta Force needed no advice from the Attorney general. According to the former attorney general, the prosecutor, as part of his delegated responsibilities had the right to decide the cause of the case based on the docket … Read more
A former Attorney General, Martin Amidu is of the view the Ashanti Regional State Attorney did not err in her decision to drop charges against members of the pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) group, Delta Force, without consulting the Attorney General. Mr. Amidu, per his assesment of the case, described the State Attorney’s handling of the … Read more
A former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, is of the view the Ashanti Regional State Attorney did not err in her decision to drop charges against members of the pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) group, Delta Force, without consulting the Attorney General. Mr. Amidu, per his assessment of the case, described the State Attorney’s handling of the matter as … Read more
Members of a pro-National Democratic Congress (NDC) pressure group, Action Movement have called on former President John Mahama to mention names of those who caused the party’s defeat in the 2016 elections. According to the group, the former President should dare not contest the 2020 flagbearership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) if he does … Read more
President Akufo-Addo has true to prediction, ignored the most senior jurist on the Supreme Court of Ghana, Justice William Atuguba, by short listing three others, including his cousin; Justice Sophia Akuffo, to be considered as the new Chief Justice, the fourth most powerful person in Ghana. The same Justice Sophia Akuffo, who was elevated to … Read more
The race for the position of the fourth most powerful person in Ghana is on, as the Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, retires next month. There are two frontrunners in the race, one of whom is likely to be mentioned this week to replace Mrs Justice Wood, who has been in public service … Read more
The race for the position of the fourth most powerful person in Ghana is on, as the Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, retires next month. There are two frontrunners in the race, one of whom is likely to be mentioned this week to replace Mrs Justice Wood, who has been in public service … Read more
Must we tolerate irresponsible journalists to safeguard freedom expression in Ghana? Yesterday was International Press Freedom Day. It was marked extensively across the nation by media houses – and quite rightly so. Speaking personally, one took the liberty of listening to some of the interviews conducted by a number of radio stations that focused on … Read more
A former Member of Parliament, Nkrabea Effah-Dartey, has asked the Speaker of Ghana’s parliament to prevail on the British High Commission in Accra to apologise to the House over allegation of visa fraud against some four current and past legislators. According to him the High Commission has by its letter to the Speaker on the … Read more
A former Member of Parliament, Nkrabea Effah-Dartey, has asked the Speaker of Ghana’s parliament to prevail on the British High Commission in Accra to apologise to the House over allegation of visa fraud against some four current and past legislators. According to him the High Commission has by its letter to the Speaker on the … Read more
Anti-corruption campaigner and former Attorney General Martin Amidu is of the view that the current Parliament under the leadership of Prof. Mike Ocquaye cannot punish its three sitting MPs who have been caught in a visa fraud scandal. The outspoken campaigner captured this in his latest statement on the matter which has generated an unending … Read more
Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Martin Amidu has rebuked some members of Ghana’s parliament for their “shameful insults” on the British High Commissioner in Accra for citing four MPs in a visa fraud. He also condemned the Speaker of Parliament, Mike Ocquaye and the entire current parliament for the manner it has handled … Read more
Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, has said that the 7th Parliament, currently led by Speaker, Prof. Mike Oquaye, cannot punish the three incumbent Members of Parliament and a former one, accused by the British High Commission of using their diplomatic passports to engage in visa fraud. The alleged visa fraud came to the fore after … Read more
Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, has said that the 7th Parliament, currently led by Speaker, Prof. Mike Oquaye, cannot punish the three incumbent Members of Parliament and a former one, accused by the British High Commission of using their diplomatic passports to engage in visa fraud. The alleged visa fraud came to the fore after … Read more
Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, has slammed some members of Ghana’s Parliament including the First Deputy Speaker, Joe Osei-Wusu, for making offensive comments at the British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, following the leaked letter to the Speaker of Parliament that accused three current MPs and a former member of allegedly engaging in visa … Read more
While struggling to parry accusations of aiding Nana Akufo-Addo to unseat President John Mahama and the National Democratic Congress in the 2016 elections, former President Jerry John Rawlings; his wife, Nana Konadu and former Attorney General, Martin A. B. K. Amidu, are busily lacing their boots to take over control of the biggest opposition party. … Read more
Having made all other possible attempts to get himself acquitted of the unfavourable court rulings in Ghana, Woyome petitions ICC as his last and final hope for exoneration… Popular Ghanaian bussinessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome has petitioned the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), to arbitrate in the controversial GHc51.2 million … Read more