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
