More Rawlings Men For Trial

Kwamena Ahwoi, Eddie Annan, Kwame Peprah, Konadu, Abodakpi, Totobi Quakyi, Sherry Ayittey & Cecilia Johnson Cited
Twenty years of unmonitored political tinkering with the socio-economic and political fortunes of Ghanaians has created huge credibility hiccups for appointees of Jerry John Rawlings, including his wife, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, former First Lady and President of the December 31st Movement.

A document in the possession of the Ghanaian Observer (GO), newspaper leaked from our sources at the Police Headquarters, and which document has been confirmed by a source at the Serious Fraud Office as authentic reveal that, any moment from now, more of Rawlings’ `Men Of Integrity` will be lined up and tried for criminal offences related to corruption under the NDC`s own crafted `Causing Financial Loss To The State` law.

The document carries a long list of NDC leading members and appointees under investigations for various offences, as well as companies and project names under which the cases of economic crime or corruption were committed. Significantly, December 31st as an institution, is cited in four cases regarding funds accessed from ECOBANK, without interest being paid.

Top on the list is Mrs. Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, Kwamena Ahwoi, jailed former Minister of Trade and MP for Keta Dan Abodakpi, Kofi Totobi Quakyi and former Minister for Finance and Economic Planning Mr. Kwame Peprah. Jailed MP Dan Abodakpi, caught in another $400,000 deal has his name appearing three times in the `black document.` Depending on the outcome of investigations, Abodakpi may also have yet another day in court to answer charges about his alleged 30 per cent shares in Irani Brothers, kickback paid by COTECNA to NDC and $32m CIBA funds that cannot be accounted for under his administration.

Mr. Kwamena Ahwoi, head honcho of the erstwhile dreaded Citizens Vetting Committee created by the Rawlings December 31 coup may also have to answer charges together with Eddie Annan respectively in deals involving waste disposal companies City and Country Waste and Groupe Chagnon. Sati Ocran, a top December 31st activist, has also been cited in the Groupe Chagnon case.

Former Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Kwame Peprah has four other cases pending against him in respect of VANEF-STC, CP, La Palm Royal Beach Hotels and New York Bay International. Former Minister of National Security Totobi Quakyi is also to face trial for causing financial loss of $6m to the state in the divestiture of Ghana Film Company. Dr.Lindsay, former IGP Peter Nanfuri and Nii Okaidja Adamafio, former Minister of Interior, have also been cited in a case of fraudulent procurement of Tundra vehicles for the Police Service. The vehicles were allegedly diverted from a South African company to an American company.

Significantly, Konadu Rawlings's December 31st Movement is cited four times in the document regarding cases of economic crime or causing financial loss to the State. The first is a deal with ECOBANK in which they are alleged to have failed to pay interest on a $500,000 loan facility received from the bank. Besides the CARIDEM case, the Movement also has on its hand other cases under investigation, including a Chinese loan and other Africa Development Bank (ADB) loans totaling $4m.

The Obotan Project with SSNIT and SSB Investments, and Charles Asare, Ekow Awoonor and Enterprise Insurance, feature in the document as is the case of Aluminium Enterprises Ltd Kwatsons, also cited for a $7M deal. The name of former Divestiture Implementation Committee (DIC) boss, Emmanuel Agbodo, also found space in the document. He is cited in the case of Gold City Communications, with Peprah again as well as Yankey and others being cited in the infamous Presidential Jet case.

All cases listed in the document are either still under investigation or have dockets on them ready for trial processes to begin. Cases in the list number 25, and hard currency involved runs into several millions of dollars.