Metro TV journalist, Paul Adom-Otchere, has alleged that Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has presented the Ministry of Finance a ‘luxurious’ budget to ensure the smooth running of the Office of the Special Prosecutor.
In an edition of Good Evening Ghana, Mr Adom-Otchere claimed that the Special Prosecutor, whom he describes as a wolf in sheep’s clothing, has requested a number of sophisticated automobiles that cost billions of cedis.
Among the vehicles allegedly being demanded are a Range Rover, S-Class Mercedes, Lexus 600. These cars are to be bullet-proofed, Mr Adom Otchere added.
According to Mr Adom-Otchere, he will request a Right to Information (RTI) to allow the Finance Ministry furnish him the details of the OSP’s budget.
“We are going to use the RTI to apply to the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning to give us the budget submitted to the Ministry of Finance for the Office of the Special Prosecutor. Viewers, it will shock you to the bone and marrow because we have seen it, you know what he was asking for in the budget.
The budget was something like a billion cedis—bulletproof cars, Range Rover, S-Class Mercedes, Lexus 600. That’s what he was asking for. We will come and show it on the touch screen and you will see it so that when you are dealing with people in wolves in sheep’s clothing you can see it.
According to Mr Adom-Otchere, he has decided to reveal this information now because “he’s (Special Prosecutor) taking on the Judiciary and claiming, giving the impression to Ghanaians that he’s righteous and somebody’s unrighteous, therefore we’re going to bring out the things that he’s been doing.”
He further criticised the OSP for allegedly exhibiting hubris by deciding to go for an automobile only used by President Akufo-Addo.
“Only the president of Ghana is allowed to use an S-Class Mercedes as official car. Only the president of Ghana says he wants to use a S-Class Mercedes. Special Prosecutor, you are going to pursue people, you want to drive to court in S-Class and Range Rover,” he explained.
Last week, Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng held a press conference where he mentioned the Judiciary as one of the stumbling blocks in his way in the fight against corruption.
Reacting to this, Mr Adom-Otchere said the Special Prosecutor was playing a PR stunt and sought to deceive Ghanaians.
“All of them are like that, all of them are like that. They’re coming to cry that façade that they put there and then behind the façade, they are doing evil,” he said.
The journalist asserts that Mr Kissi Agyebeng can not withdraw cases on his own volition and then cry foul to the public.