Shut up, if you have any evidence to prosecute NDC appointees for wrongdoing you would have done that – Shamima slams NPP
Shut up, if you have any evidence to prosecute NDC appointees for wrongdoing you would have done that – Shamima slams NPP
A Deputy Presidential Spokesperson, Madam Shamima Muslim has slammed some New Patriotic Party (NPP) faithfuls who have taken to the various media platforms to chastise President John Dramani Mahama for discontinuing some high-profile cases initiated by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo led administration.
The Deputy Presidential Spokesperson argued that the Nana Akufo Addo-led NPP administration had a full eight years in power to secure convictions but failed miserably because it couldn’t a single shred of evidence nail any past National Democratic Congress (NDC) appointees.
Reacting to some criticisms coming from known NPP persons over the current administration’s decision to discontinue some high-profile cases which began in way back 2017 on Accra-based Joy News’ current affairs programme dubbed “PM Express” on Monday, February 10, 2025, Madam Shamima Muslim questioned why the NPP folks have shifted the blame to Mahama’s administration when the NPP had all the time and legal backing to pursue these cases.
“Eight good years the New Patriotic Party had to prosecute some of these cases. Eight good years that they had a very favourable representation in our courts.
Excuse me to say, but we all know the perceptions around the packing of the court by former President Nana Akufo-Addo, and sometimes some of what people describe as procured outcomes from our courts,” she stressed.
The Deputy Presidential Spokesperson explained that if the NPP truly had strong cases against political opponents they accused of corruption, they would have secured convictions long ago.
“If they had any case at all against these political opponents that were facing persecution through the instrument of our law courts, they would have secured prosecutions and judgments, just as they did in previous tenures, and jailed those individuals,” she reiterated.
Madam Shamima Muslim reaffirmed that President Mahama is not interested in covering up wrongdoing within his administration but in ensuring justice is pursued fairly and efficiently.
“We should have confidence that he is not going to cover up any member of his administration. He has announced that even as we are going to start operationalising ORAL findings under the legal mandate of Ghana’s Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Ayine, we will also bring on stream Operation Prevent All Loots (OPAL),” she added.
Madam Shamima Muslim further underscored President Mahama’s firm stance against corruption, pointing out that he is the only president in recent history to openly declare in his manifesto that no government official will be allowed to engage in state capture or illegal acquisition of state assets.
“He has put it in black and white. He is committed to doing it because there’s got to be an end to lamentations.
“We cannot continue to lament over the things that are eroding our democratic gains and show no commitment in terms of leadership,” she stated.
She also touched on the controversial issue of state property acquisitions by political figures, describing the practice as unethical and morally indefensible.
“How on earth can we, with any conscience, purchase property that we know on the open market values more than, sometimes ten times the value for which we use our political positions to take those same assets? Nobody can justify that,” she argued.
Addressing concerns over the discontinued cases, she urged patience as the Attorney General is expected to provide a detailed explanation in the coming days.
“In the coming days, the Attorney General will disclose comprehensively the reasons and grounds on which those cases that have been discontinued have been discontinued,” she assured.
