The group is accusing the NPP National Chairman of abetment of crime and therefore calling for his head. According to them, Mr. Jake Obetsebi Lamptey has proven that he endorses criminal activities and so anybody who abets the crimes committed by other people is himself a “criminal”.
“[That] Mr. Jake Obetsebi Lamptey must be arrested immediately for ordering alleged criminals in the NPP not to cooperate with on-going investigations by the EOCO. We find the actions of Obetsebi Lamptey to be criminal. Anybody who acts to protect criminals or stand in the way of lawful investigations is himself a criminal who must be prosecuted.” the group demanded.
They explained that the NPP functionaries are hiding behind the media to perpetrate their crimes and therefore asked the government to prosecute them.
According to them, “the attempts by the guilty and corrupt NPP functionaries, who want to use the media to cover up their crimes by attacking the courts for doing their job is shameful. In our view, this is a deliberate attempt to bastardize the real facts, especially when they [the NPP] are privy to the administrative negligence and professional ineptitude of the erstwhile NPP government in this matter [Woyome judgment debt].”
The concerned NDC members today embarked on a demonstration to call on the government to compel the members of the opposition NPP who have been implicated in the Woyome judgment debt chronicle to comply with EOCO’s directives.
A statement released by the group today pressed their demands before government to haul the NPP top officials before the Economic and Organized Crime Office to render an account of all judgment debts issued under their watch.
The group also stated that the defiance by the opposition NPP to undergo EOCO’s investigations is undemocratic and defiles the rule of law in the country. The aggrieved group called on civil society groups like the Ghana Bar Association and National Media Commission to intervene and impel the NPP gurus to ensure all judgment debts are accounted for.
They also made other demands for the 2012 Presidential candidate of the opposition NPP, Nana Akufo Addo, to resign from his post as the flagbearer of the party because according to them the investigative body ‘wants him (Nana Addo) for his role in the government cabinet of 2005/2006 that abrogated a legitimate contract, which has been approved by the Central Tender Review Board through the procurement process.”
They accused the NPP of crippling the government of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, first President of Ghana, and therefore appealed to the government not to allow these “nation wreckers” to go scot free.
Story by Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/ X fm 95.1/Accra/Ghana
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