OSP asks Interpol to withdraw Red Notice for Mahama’s brother and others 

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has asked the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to withdraw the Red Notice for Samuel Mahama, brother of former president John Mahama. 

In July 2020, Interpol issued a Red Notice for Samuel Adam Foster, aka Samuel Adam Mahama, in connection with his role in the Airbus bribery scandal. 

He was being sought after for allegedly accepting a bribe to influence a public officer and acting in collaboration with a public officer for the public officer’s private gain. 

According to Interpol, he was liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 25 years. 

But the Office of the Special Prosecutor, at a press conference in Accra on Thursday, August 8, 2024, absolved Samuel Mahama of corruption. 

According to the anti-corruption agency, it is unable to conclude that Samuel and the others acted as conduits of bribery. 

"The OSP would not institute criminal proceedings against any person in respect of this investigation. The Special Prosecutor has also directed authorised officers of the OSP to rescind the 13 May 2020 warrants of arrest obtained from the Circuit Court, OSP REPORT ON INVESTIGATION Airbus SE 24 Accra for the arrest of Samuel Adam Foster (also known as Samuel Adam Mahama), Philip Sean Middlemiss, Leanne Sarah Davis, and Sarah Furneaux.

"On 8 August 2024, the Special Prosecutor notified INTERPOL of the withdrawal of the Red Notice in respect of Samuel Adam Foster (also known as Samuel Adam Mahama), Philip Sean Middlemiss, Leanne Sarah Davis, and Sarah Furneaux," a statement issued by the Office of the Special Prosecutor said.

Ghana is among the five nations where the multinational airline Airbus, which is based in Europe, was fined £3 billion by a British court for having paid or attempted to pay millions of euros in bribes in exchange for contracts. 

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