Unearth Kufuor¹S Evil Deeds ­ Alhaji Mahama

Former Convention People¹s Party presidential candidate and leading Tamale lawyer, Alhaji Ibrahim Mahama has added his voice to the call for proper investigations into the rot of the Kufuor NPP regime.

Alhaji Mahama said all the Œevil things¹ that the previous NPP government did must be unearthed.

He said: One of them is to ensure that justice is done to the Ya Na and his people and ensure that justice is done to Mr. Molbilla so that others will take their lessons from that.² The renowned Tamale lawyer said former President Kufuor had packed the courts with his cronies.

Speaking during a courtesy call on him by former President Jerry John Rawlings in Tamale last Saturday, Alhaji Ibrahim said: ³When Kufuor and his rascals took over the governing of this country I had to take leave of my people and run away to Burkina Faso where I spent four years in self-imposed exile.²

Alhaji Mahama said had the NDC not come into power he will still be languishing in Burkina Faso or some other neighbouring country, adding, ³having the peace alone is not enough. We need justice first. And I am happy that you are here preaching the whole theme you have been preaching since you came into the political life of this country.²

The leading CPP figure said he was shocked when arrangements were made to try those who allegedly murdered Issah Molbilla. He was equally surprised when the trial of the Ya Na was based on the report of the Wuaku Commission

³We went back in the case of the Ya Na to pick only the people from the Ya Na¹s palace who gave evidence to the Wuaku CommissionŠWuaku did all he could to bury the evidence.

³The security agencies were plenty in Yendi. The BNI was visibly present in Yendi. The police CID were visibly present in Yendi; the prison warders were there. They have not called one single CID man, one single BNI man who saw what happened,² Alhaji Mahama said.

Following the brutal death of Issah Molbilla Alhaji Mahama escaped an attempt to pick him up at dawn on December 11, 2004. When the armed men in military uniform failed to locate him after ransacking his Tamale residence, they vent their anger on his security man and beat him mercilessly.

Lamenting the death of Issah Molbilla, Alhaji Mahama, who was the last person to interact with the deceased before he voluntarily handed himself to the police, said: ³As Your Excellency has rightly pointed out, how can two corporals, nonentities, who have nothing to do with guardroom, who are instructed to be there be brought forward for this heinous crime committed against a civilian in military barracks and murdered in cold blood? I think that those behind it ought to be brought to book. So I am hundred per cent with you for your sympathy with us.²

Alhaji Mahama said it is his duty to do all he can to ensure that the NDC government stays in power as long as he is alive and called on former President Rawlings to endeavour to counsel President Mills, however difficult the process is. ³Do all you can with Atta Mills, sit him down, talk to him, day and night.

³They say that we are washing our dirty linen in public. If people go wrong, go to them. Even if they are throwing you out, force yourself on them and let them understand that this country belongs to all of us.

³I have no doubt at all in my mind that if Kufuor gets power tomorrow I will not be in this country, you will not be in this country unless we are prepared to die. But if we can spare ourselves the life and still do better things for this country I think you and I and all others who share this view and aspiration will do all they can.

³And I pray that you will be able to bring reason to bear on our brother the President. If you are a tortoise the society will go and leave you. They want action. You have brought the action and they should adopt the action from you.

³With our conviction, with our advocacy, with our determination I believe that before the end of our four years, I think that we should be able to bring sanity to the government of this country.

³So let us appreciate that we are looking to protect our lives. We are looking to save this country, we are looking to make Ghana greater than we even came to meet it and history will decide.

³Whether people like it or not action has been taken, the history has been written, nobody can take away that history from this country. Rawlings has brought peace and justice to this country and we will keep the light burning. You have my prayer; you have my support, count on me night and day,² Alhaji Mahama said.

Earlier, former President Rawlings commended Alhaji Mahama for his strength of character and promised not to stop seeking justice for the late Issah Molbilla, the Ya Na and all those who lost their lives under suspicious circumstances during the past NPP regime.

Former President Rawlings said the NPP was removed due to the cumulative effect of the unresolved murders and it was imperative proper investigations were conducted by the NDC government.