Investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni has called on former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, to reveal if he is behind the recent petition calling for the removal of Special Prosecutor Kisi Agyebeng.
In a post on X on May 29, 2024, Manasseh called on Martin Amidu to publicly declare whether he was the one who wrote the petition.
“If ‘Martin Alamisi Amidu’ did not write the petition he should say so clearly so we can demand answers from President Akufo-Addo,” his tweet read.
The investigative journalist’s stance came following President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s decision to send the petition to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for consideration.
The petition in question accuses Kisi Agyeben of procurement violations and abuse of power.
Martin Amidu has denied reports that he has written a petition accusing the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Accra-based Joy FM of orchestrating a case against him in the court of public opinion.
In a letter made public on May 26, 2024, Amidu made the comments suggesting he was denying reports that he had filed a petition seeking the removal of the Special Prosecutor.
He referred to recent comments by the NDC Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, as supporting the smear campaign against him by the SP through Joy FM.
“Until this incident occurred, I believed that the Martin Amidu I knew was a man of great principle. My faith in him as a man of principle has been seriously shaken,” Amidu quoted Asiedu Nketia as saying.
The former Attorney General said the NDC Chairman’s statement was “based on hearsay evidence in a petition I purportedly filed on April 30, 2024, seeking the removal of the Special Prosecutor from his position.”
Responding to a Joy FM report on May 17, 2024, that he had allegedly petitioned the President to remove his successor, Amidu questioned the veracity of the petition and the motive behind the allegations and demanded to see the petition.
“I cannot understand why the NDC would collaborate with Kisi Agyebeng’s favoured media house and his chief executive officer, Sampson Ladi Anyenini, to make allegations against me without publishing the petition on which the allegations are based,” Amidu said.
If “Martin Alamisi Amidu” did not write the petition, he should say so clearly and then we will demand a response from Akufo-Akufo.
— Manasseh Azure Awuni (@Manasseh_Azure) May 29, 2024
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