A former Deputy Minister for Communications and National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese Constituency Felix Kwakye Ofosu has stated that he is surprised that people expected Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu to achieve something significant in his office, stressing that Mr Amidu was appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo merely to get back at the National Democratic Congress (NDC), of which Mr Amidu is a member.
Mr Kwakye Ofosu, writing on social media following Mr Amidu’s public shaming of a petitioner, noted that Mr Amidu has proven adequately that he is intemperate and has a misguided superiority complex.
“I am quite frankly surprised that anyone thought Martin Amidu would chalk any significant strides as Special Prosecutor. The man had long shown himself to be intemperate with a misguided superiority complex. President Akufo-Addo picked him only to spite the NDC and nothing more,” he lashed out.
Mr Amidu’s appointment as Special Prosecutor following the setting up of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) was hailed by many as a game changer in the fight against corruption, but he has since been much criticized for his seeming inaction as Special Prosecutor with many arguing that he did better in the anti-corruption arena as a private citizen than as Special Prosecutor.
Latest criticism of his performance follows his castigation of Mr Tettey Tetteh, who had petitioned his office to look into the controversial Agyapa Mineral Royalties deal.
Mr Amidu in a letter leaked to the public chastised Mr Tetteh heavily for presenting what he described as an opportunistic, populist and speculative petition to his office. He minced no words in telling Mr Tetteh that he was engaged in seeking credit for something his office was already investigating.
On social media, however, many have rather taken on Mr Amidu for behaving in a way that is unbecoming of public office holders.
Law Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare noted that Mr Amidu’s public condemnation of Mr Tetteh had the potential of discouraging other petitioners.
