[contextly_sidebar id=”BWegX2NNJUniBKyYJcfxZnhfSTrRHsBq”]This comes a day after Deputy Attorney General, Joseph Kpemeka indicated that officials suspected of corrupt acts in previous administration will soon be put before court.

“Some of these persons who have been daring us on TV or radio have questions to answer in court,” Mr. Kpemka revealed.

Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr. Fuseini supported this call saying,  “If you are in public office and you misconducted yourself in public office which is bordering on corruption or any other matter , you should be prepared to answer for it. If they [NPP government] come to the conclusion that the person is found culpable then that person must pay a price for it.”

He was however quick to remind the NPP government to abide by the laws in prosecuting these officials.

“The legal ethics particularly binding on lawyers of the court requires that when they are preparing their cases for court, they go to court before they speak so I am just saying that the ethics of the profession requires that you go to court, prosecute the persons you feel are corrupt…They [corrupt officials] also have the opportunity because the constitution guarantees them some rights. The sanction regime is defined by law and so whatever sanctions should be imposed, will be imposed by law,” he said.

Mr. Inusah indicated that Mr. Kpemka’s threats to prosecute corrupt NDC officials do not come as a surprise to him since other appointees had earlier indicated that “they are preparing dockets for the prosecution of former government officials who misconducted themselves.”

The Mahama administration was rocked with a number of corruption cases including the GHC3.2 million bus branding, GYEEDA and the Subah scandals.

The then opposition NPP, promised the creation of the Special Prosecutor Office which would deal with the various corruption cases.

Government is expected to begin the prosecution of corrupt officials in the Mahama administration in October.

Mr. Kpemka who made this revelation on Point Blank segment of Eyewitness News on Thursday said: “…By October when we start moving to court with some of the cases, Ghanaians will know that we are serious and we are ready to fight corruption as a canker in this country and uproot it once and for all.

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Deputy Attorney General, Joseph Kpemka who disclosed this on Point Plank on Eyewitness News on Thursday said the Akufo-Addo government is building cases against such officials and will put them before court in October.

Zero tolerance for corruption

[contextly_sidebar id=”dW7VuHVuGkTjeoyRbRwiRf26c31NYXLP”]President Akufo-Addo prior to the election promised to fight corruption when elected into office and also promised to set up a Special Prosecutor office to deal with such cases.

But even before the Special Prosecutor Bill could be passed into law, Mr. Kpemka said “by October when we start moving to court with some of the cases, Ghanaians will know that we are serious and we are ready to fight corruption as a canker in this country and uproot it once and for all.”

We’ll thread cautiously

Although he failed to mention names of persons who are likely to be prosecuted, Mr. Kpemka said his outfit will thread cautiously “with utmost circumspection taking into consideration the rights of the individuals involved.”

“You don’t go to court unprepared because there is pressure for you to go to court otherwise in the end you will embarrass yourself and we are not prepared in the least to embarrass ourselves in any court in Ghana. The courts are on a legal vacation and will be resuming in October by which time things will be ready and we will proceed to court. However I am unable to mention specific cases that are ready for prosecution and will be taken to court for very good reasons, when we get to the bridge we will cross,” he added.

The Deputy Minister said there are several investigations  and analysis currently being done by the government and  various security agencies including the BNI and EOCO to build solid cases.

Heartbreaking corruption cases

According to him claims against some potential corrupt officials who will be prosecuted are very heartbreaking.

“We’ve invited several persons who have been interrogated by Police, EOCO, BNI and other state agencies acting with one another to ensure a very holistic investigation that will uncover the rot to the court. Some of the facts, when you read them out and you don’t have the heart you will not be able to stand it, because the actions and conducts of certain persons are so bad that you will get very angry to the core upon the first hearing of the facts alleged against such persons,” he added.

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