The Legal Directorate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has quizzed Attorney General, Godfred Dame about his reasons for not trying the cases of NAM 1, Ahmed Suale, Major Mahama and others daily.
The NDC's inquiry comes on the back of the belief that the government and Attorney General are persecuting its members instead of prosecuting them.
In a press statement released today, Friday, July 7, 2023, and available to GhanaWeb, the NDC wondered why the AG is not rather focusing on clearly criminal cases like the one involving Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM1) of Menzgold when the Bank of Ghana termed their activities as fraudulent and for which the company was shut down.
"We were all in this country when the Bank of Ghana (BOG) claimed that it had conducted investigations into a company called Menzgold owned by one Nana Appiah Mensah aka NAM1. Fast forward, this company was shut down by the Security and Exchange Commission of Ghana in September 2018 leading to excruciating losses to numerous Ghanaians running into the thousands who have invested there.
"The alleged grounds for shutting down his business is that he was operating without the requisite licences in addition to the fact that he was engaging in a Ponzi scheme," parts of the statement read.
“Unfortunately, in Ghana and under the watch of the present Attorney General, a pretentious prosecution is ongoing to fool the masses to think something is being done when in actual fact the accused person is enjoying himself at the expense of his customers many of whom have died at the hands of this very same AG and NPP government but the AG has seen nothing wrong with such a delayed prosecution,” the statement also added.
"Menzgold customers are suffering, The family of late Major Mahama are suffering, Ahmed Suale is suffering...J. B. Danquah is suffering... And on the other hand... Opuni is suffering... Gyakye Quayson is suffering.... Cassiel Ato Forson is suffering...
"We also want a speedy trial in the Menzgold, Ahmed Suale, Major Mahama and J. B. Danquah cases and on this basis can they kindly also apply for daily trials in these cases too?" the legal directorate of the NDC added.
Source: Ghana Web