Elizabeth Ohene's brother to take over S.F.O.

There comes a time in the history of every nation when the adversity of a particular individual can be turned to his/her advantage. Such a time has come in our history and Ms Elizabeth Ohene, a Minister of State (Media Relations) is one person who has had that advantage, states the independent bi-weekly, Free Press.

A few months ago, she reportedly was in exile in far away London but when the NPP government was formed, a new ministry was created for her.

Now, her position in the new government, coupled with her close relationship with the presidency might have equally swayed favours to his brother, Emmanuel Ohene and the result, the paper has learnt, could catapult Emmanuel to the position of the new Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).

Information emanating from government circles indicates that the acting Executive Director of the SFO, Mr B.A. Sapati could soon be asked to proceed on leave.

Although no one can deny the fact that B.A. Sapati had long been treading on dangerous grounds, very few people predicted that the NPP government will make the mistake of handing over the managerial affairs of the SFO to the brother of Ms Elizabeth Ohene.

Apart from the fact that such an appointment could give credence to the "Kokofu axiom" which stipulates that until one's brother is part of a football team the ball is not passed to him, question marks could be seen at the end of this impending appointment.

Emmanuel Ohene is a Solicitor and Barrister at law at the Ofosu Armaah Chambers in Accra.