Reggae musician and radio presenter, Abubakar Ahmed popularly known as Blakk Rasta has descended on former President John Dramani Mahama over corrupt acts under his previous administration.
According to Blakk Rasta, the corruption under Mr. Mahama and his government was so grievous that the devil could not compete against them and had to surrender and ran away.
Describing the extent of corruption under the Mahama’s administration, the Barack Obama hit maker said Ghanaians were so shocked by the nature of the canker to a point that they had started wondering if they were being ruled by the devil.
Blakk Rasta who is notorious for his fierce criticism of politicians and leadership in Ghana and Africa made these remarks on his show, Taxi Driver on Accra based Zylofon FM.
“Former President Mahama (is) another man whose regime was so corrupt that Satan himself ran away. So corrupt was President Mahama’s regime that we all sat back and said ‘my God’, is Satan ruling this country,” he bemoaned.
He said many Ghanaians were hopeful that then opposition leader, Nana Addo’s Akufo-Addo was going to salvage the situation should he be given the mandate to steer the affairs of the country.
He, however, expressed his disappointment with President Akufo-Addo and his government over their inability to fight corruption as expected by the many people who saw Akufo-Addo as the man whose leadership would rescue the country from acts of corruption.
There were numerous accusations of corruption involving government officials and even the President himself under former President Mahama’s administration. Some of the alleged acts of corruption were established through committees of inquiries leading to the prosecution and convictions of some individuals.
Some of the alleged corrupt acts under the Mahama’s regime include the Smarrty’s bus rebranding, GYEEDA scandal, SADA scandal and the President receiving a car as gift from a Burkinabe Contractor.
Manasseh Azure Awuni then reporter with Multimedia found through his investigation that millions of cedis were paid to contractors illegally under the Ghana Youth Employment Entrepreneurial Agency (GYEEDA). A committee which was setup by the then President Mahama largely corroborated his findings.
He again found through his investigation that millions of cedis were misappropriated under the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA).
The then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) trumpeted these allegations as it campaign message promising to fight the canker if they given the nod.
Many political watchers believe the Mahama government lost the 2016 elections partly because of several incidents of alleged corruption.
