Hon. Yaw Osafo Maafo arrived at the Police Headquarters around 12pm to aid investigations into the judgment debt scandal. His invitation follows the arrest of a Member of Parliament for Aburi-Nsawam, O.B Amoah.
The MP, who is also the former Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, was arrested last Sunday for his involvement in the Woyome saga but was later released on Monday on a GHC 20 million bail with two sureties. He was charged with causing financial loss to the state.
The Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party, Sammy Awuku, confirmed to X fm news crew that Mr. Osafo Maafo was invited by the CID early this afternoon but said the minority caucus are yet to find out the reason for the invitation.
He said the minority were informed after Mr. Osafo Maafo honoured the invitation to the Criminal Investigations Department and are therefore yet to be abreast of the issues leading to the appearance of Mr. Yaw Osafo Maafo before the CID.
Mr. Osafo Maafo was cited in the interim report by the Economic and Organized Crimes Office (EOCO) for his alleged role in facilitating the judgment debt payment to Alfred Woyome who is said to have no contract with the state for the establishment of five stadia during the CAN 2008.
The EOCO report read that “However, he was the same person, who knowing that it was illegal to terminate the process at the stage it had reached, went ahead and wrote terminating it. It is yet to be fully established, however, whether it was Cabinet, which in spite of being warned about the illegality of the act or abrogating the tender process, ordered the abrogation. ”
Story by Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi Ameyaw/X fm 95.1/Accra/Ghana
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