NPP Response to EOCO report

07TH February 2012

PRESS RELEASE

RESPONSE TO INTERIM REPORT OF ECONOMIC AND ORGANISED CRIME

OFFICE (EOCO)ON WOYOME SAGA BY THE NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY

On Thursday 2nd February 2012, the Executive Secretary of the EOCO presented what he

termed as an ‘Interim Report’ to President John Evans Atta Mills. After reviewing the Report,

we regret to note that it clearly confirms our initial reservation about the participation of

EOCO in this matter. To reiterate our earlier position, we stated in our statement of 10th

January 2012, that the by the President to EOCO to intervene in the matter was simply a

smoke screen, charade, and a calculated attempt to cover up the involvement of the

President, some of his Ministers and other Government officials in this sordid affair.

It is our considered opinion that EOCO was, and still is the wrong forum to investigate this

matter if the truth should be revealed. Even to the casual observer, the EOCO Report cannot

be taken seriously, and when subjected to critical analysis it collapses like a pack of cards.

The Report is made up of half-truths, inherent contradictions, inconsistencies, lies,

unfounded innuendos and baseless speculation.

We totally reject the Report, for amongst other things, the following reasons.

1. Whilst the President has publicly pronounced his ignorance of the whole affair, we

are suddenly told by EOCO that he intervened and even sought to stop payments to

Woyome. However, the Report is silent on critical questions such as:

? WHEN DID THE PRESIDENT KNOW OF THE ILLEGAL PAYMENT?

? WHO TOLD THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THE ILLEGAL PAYMENT?

? HOW DID THE PRESIDENT ATTEMPT TO STOP THE ILLEGAL PAYMENT?

? WHOM DID THE PRESIDENT INSTRUCT NOT TO HONOUR THE ILLEGAL

PAYMENT?

? WHAT DID THE PRESIDENT DO WHEN THE INSTRUCTIONS WERE

IGNORED?

2. We have reliable information that from the same ill-gotten Woyome bank account,

from which EOCO identified the payment of GHC400, 000.00 to the wife of the Chief

State Attorney, other payments of equal if not more pronounced importance were

made. These payments were made to high-ranking Government officials and

prominent NDC Executives. We are not surprised that the Report is quiet on these

payments, since from the outset it was an orchestrated attempt to cover up organised

official corruption of proportions never witnessed before in the history of our dear

Nation.

At the appropriate time we shall present to the people of Ghana a detailed analysis

of this apology of a report.

NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY

Headquarters, Private Mail Bag, Accra-North, Ghana

Tel: +233 (0)302 227 737 / 229 030 / 228 104 Fax: +233 (0)302 229 048

Email: nppdcom@gmail.com

NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY

DEVELOPMENT IN FREEDOMJake Obetsebi-Lamptey

(National Chairman)

DEVELOPMENT IN FREEDOM