Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, the Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, has said the Attorney General Dr. Dominic Ayine, started failing the Operation Recover All Loots (ORAL) the day he decided to file nolle prosequi to drop NDC cases.
It will be recalled that on February 10, 2025, the ORAL team submitted their final report to President John Mahama, who has since directed the Attorney General for further actions.
The chairman of Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) and Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, revealed that with just 36 cases, Ghana can potentially recover $ 20.49 billion in stolen state resources.
According to Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, the Attorney General’s selective accountability in handling corruption-related cases is failing ORAL.
He stressed that public office holders must be prepared to submit to full legal scrutiny, irrespective of political affiliation.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Citi News, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah stated, “If you decide to let one go and you prosecute the other simply because the person you let go belongs to the same political party, then of course, from that very day, you had failed”.
“I think that the Attorney General started failing the very day he filed the nolle prosequi in respect of members of the NDC who were standing trial prior to the government taking office. Because there is no discrimination in terms of public funds”.
“He started failing on ORAL (Operation Recover All Loots) because ORAL forms part of the NDC’s reset agenda. If you are going to fight corruption then it should be a more comprehensive fight,” he stated.
Also, Daniel Domelevo, a former Auditor-General, has told the Attorney-General that Ghanaians are losing hope regarding the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) initiative.
Domelevo stressed that the credibility of the anti-corruption fight now rests largely on how the Attorney-General.
According to him, the delays in high-profile cases submitted under the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) initiative could deepen public cynicism.
Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express on Monday, Domelevo stated, “My expectation is the same as I’ve been saying, when we’re going to fight corruption, you should fight it from the top”.
“Because people are losing hope. People are losing confidence. People think it’s going to be business as usual. Nothing is going to happen,” he said.
Domelevo added, “So if it is possible, it should come out with different teams. Some of the issues, remember, I’ve said them and again, that they need to be audited. You can’t just pick what is in our report and go to court”.
“So you should give it out for several audits to be happening concurrently, investigations done concurrently, so that we can start telling people that this is progress we have made. I think that will be good now.”