Martin Amidu, a former Special Prosecutor and anti-corruption campaigner, has quizzed the Office of the Special Prosecutor over an alleged relative of President John Mahama who was named by the US court in the ASKA bribery scandal.
Amidu questioned the identity of a politically exposed person referred to in the US court records whom he described as an alleged relative of Mahama.
He further questioned why issues appear to target Dr Kwabena Donkor, the former Power Minister, adding that he only served as minister from December 2014 to December 2015.
MARTIN Amidu disclosed that the US court document detailed that the bribery deal moved from conspiracy to consummation with transfers of huge funds to Ghana when Dr Kwabena Donkor’s appointment as Power Minister was terminated by the then President Mahama.
The former Special Prosecutor, in an open letter, stated, “The US Court Records show that the bribery deal moved from conspiracy to consummation with transfers of huge funds to Ghana between January 2016 and December 2016 when Dr Kwabena Donkor’s appointment had been terminated by the then President Mahama”.
“President Mahama and the protected Kissi Agyebeng should tell the public whether the Ministry of Power was under autopilot between January 2016 and 7 January 2017 without any responsible Minister?” he asked.
“What of the politically exposed person referred to severally in the US Court Records who is an alleged relative of President Mahama, does he have a name?” he asked.
Martin Amidu’s comment follows the Kissi Agyebeng, the Special Prosecutor, has named former Power Minister Kwabena Donkor and four other Ghanaian officials as persons of interest in the AKSA bribery scandal.
The Special Prosecutor identified former Power Minister Kwabena Donkor; Francis Walkson Kwasi Dzafa, a former Technical Adviser to the Minister of Power; Solomon Adjetey Sowah, a Deputy Director; Lyndon Nii Mettle, Director of Tricorp Group Limited; and Baffour Ankomah Brobbey, an employee of Tricorp Group Limited as persons of interest.
According to Kissi Agyebeng, the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) had been investigating the Ghana dimension of the case despite its public silence on the matter.
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, Kissi Agyebeng stated, “As I stated earlier, we have been carefully investigating the Ghana dimension, and our public silence has not meant inaction. Our involvement with the case and the evidence so far enable us to identify the following as the main persons of interest in this case”.
“Kwabena Donkor, who was at all times the Minister of Power; Francis Rockson Kwasi Dzata, who was at all times the Technical Advisor to the Minister of Power; Solomon Adjetey Sowah, who was at all times the Deputy Director at the Ministry of Power; George Nii Mettle, who was at all times the Director at Tricorp Group Limited; and Baffour Ankomah Brobbey, who was an employee at Tricorp Group Limited,” he mentioned.
“Other persons of interest include some present and former employees of Volta River Authority, Ghana Grid Company Limited, Electricity Company of Ghana, Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission, and some staff of the entity formerly known as the Ministry of Power,” he said.
Kissi Agyebeng further stressed that being identified as a person of interest or a suspect does not amount to a finding of guilt.
“Please bear in mind that the person of interest is not necessarily a suspect. The two categories of person of interest and suspect are distinct in investigative classifications and should not be treated as interchangeable,” he explained.
“Identification in either category does not constitute criminal culpability or conviction until guilt is proved beyond a reasonable doubt to the satisfaction of a court of competent jurisdiction,” Agyebeng said.
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