Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu's new name for Akufo-Addo Ghana President ‘mother of serpent corruption’

 “Mother serpent of corruption” a phrase which until the late afternoon of Friday, November 27 was uncommon to some Ghanaians, has become the most used phrase on social media since Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu used it in his second address to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

Amidu, a lawyer with admirable writing skills combined to perfection, the law language and the ‘normal English’ language, in which he slapped the tag of ‘mother of serpent corruption’ on Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

Amidu said that he used to be a disciple of President Akufo-Addo but after working in his administration as the lead figure in the anti-corruption battle, he has come to the realization that the president is not as committed to the course as he perceived.

He furthered that he was shocked that Nana Akufo-Addo whom he trusted as the ‘Moses of anti-corruption,’ turned out to be ‘the mother serpent of corruption.

“When I met the President on 23rd October 2020, I received the shock of my life when he demanded that I took no further action on the Agyapa royalties transaction anti-corruption assessment report for another week. That was when it was divinely revealed to me that the President whom I trusted so much for integrity only looked like the innocent flower of anti-corruption but he was really the mother corruption serpent under the innocent-looking flower," he added.

The ex-Special Prosecutor literally identified President Akufo-Addo and his Finance Minister as the brains behind the Agyapa deal which he discovered to be the greatest corruption plot in the history of the country.

“I can now say as a citizen of Ghana on the basis of the Agyapa Royalties Limited Transaction reports that the transaction was suspiciously conceived by the Minister of Finance and the Presidency and implemented to serve only a few persons within the NPP,” he said.

The use of the phrase by Amidu has resulted in its popularity on social media as Ghanaians and party supporters express divergent views on the matter.

Most of the people  have snakes with the president’s head on it to depict the image Martin Amidu intends to create with that description of the president on social media.

Special Prosecutor wonders if the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Communication Director has taken up that responsibility.

Member of Parliament (MP) for Adentan Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Yaw Buaben Asamoa has been quizzed why he has taken over as spokesperson for the Criminal Investigation Department as though it is a deaf and dumb department.

Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu wonders if the department cannot speak for itself for which reason the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Communication Director has taken up that responsibility.

“Hon. Yaw Buaben Asamoa latched on my explanation and information to the public through the interview to run to the defence of the Criminal Investigation Department as though it is a Department of deaf and dumb”, he said in a statement sighted by MyNewsGh.com on Tuesday July 23, 2019.

Mr. Amidu is accusing the NPP executive of interfering in his work and seeking to direct him on what to do revealing that he is not an ignoramus to be remote-controlled.

“Hon. Yaw Buaben Asamoa did this by pretending to be directing me as an ignoramus on how to perform the duties of my Office. Hon Yaw Buaben Asamoa as the Communication Direct of his party on a previous occasion had the audacity to use the media to instruct me to prosecute “the low hanging fruits, whatever that means." He averred.

"Hon. Yaw Buaben Asamoa as the Communications Director of his party thinks that Ghanaians are so foolish that they may not suspect that his verbal attack on my Office in the media on Monday may be construed by rational citizens as a subtle way of defending the CID and a party colleague who was the subject of the alleged exoneration. He appears to pretend not to understand that there are several subtle ways of interfering with and indirectly stopping a fair investigation."
 In his response to Mr. Asamoa, the Special Prosecutor said he viewed the remarks as an attempt to “tacitly instruct” the way he run his office.

“Hon. Yaw Buaben Asamoa latched on my explanation and information to the public through the interview to run to the defence of the Criminal Investigation Department as though it is a Department of deaf and dumb. Hon. Yaw Buaben Asamoa did this by pretending to be directing me as an ignoramus on how to perform the duties of my Office.”

In further criticism, Mr. Amidu cautioned that Mr. Asamoa was also interfering ins is work because “there are several subtle ways of interfering with and indirectly stopping a fair investigation.”

Mr. Asamoa has since apologised to Mr. Amidu, for telling him to stop complaining about interference in his work.

“If he [Martin Amidu] believes that my remarks are indirectly directing him, then I am afraid I am sorry for having said that because I will be the last person to attempt to direct him,” Mr. Asamoa said on Eyewitness News.