Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the minority leader in parliament, has said the Attorney General’s frequent press conferences are a political “playbook” designed to distract the public.
The minority leader reminded the Attorney General and his deputy that their place is in the courtroom to combat corruption, not in the media.
Afenyo-Markin further condemned the Attorney General’s frequent press conferences regarding ongoing corruption investigations.
Speaking in an exclusive interview on JoyNews, Mr Afenyo-Markin explained, “Since they (NDC) assumed office, apart from the PR when they are hot, they only come and then announce a so-called corruption they are investigating somewhere. That’s their playbook now.
Anytime the government is under pressure, the Attorney General would do a press conference”, he claimed.
The minority leader added, “Attorney General’s place is in the court. My respected friend, the MP who is the Attorney General, and his deputy, I want them to know that their place is in a court.
When they are updating you and undermining the place of the court, and disrespecting the rights of people, pronouncing people guilty even before going to court.
Perhaps they are waiting for Baffoe Bonnie to become Chief Justice, so they can control the court, which I wonder how they are going to do that”.
The minority leader’s remarks follow those of Dr Dominic Ayine, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, who revealed that the National Service ghost names scandal now stands at GHC2.2 billion and not GHC548 million.
According to the Attorney General, following a forensic audit by the Auditor-General, a new figure of GHC2.2 billion has been uncovered to be the amount of money stolen.
He revealed that, per this new information, the charge sheet against the suspects will be amended for fresh charges to be brought against these suspects.
Speaking at the press briefing on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, Dr Dominic Ayine added, “ I wish to announce that the Auditor-General has conducted a forensic audit into the National Service scandal, and the total amount of money stolen or illegally spent now stands at GHC2.2 billion and not the GHC548 million that was uncovered by my investigators as at June 2025.
I have here a copy of the Auditor-General’s report. We are going to base upon this in some cases and amend our charge sheet in other to bring fresh charges,” he stated.
The Attorney General further revealed investigations are still ongoing in respect to the All African Games, Mathematical sets contract, Bank of Ghana new building, stadia renovation and the National Cathedral project.
“In the case of the National Cathedral, we have requested that the Auditor-General should conduct another forensic audit, and he is being helped by one of the big four accounting companies,” he remarked.
Also, Dr Ayine accused Abdul-Wahab Hanan Aludiba, a former Chief Executive Officer of the National Food and Buffer Stock Company, of acquiring luxury assets by misappropriating public funds during his tenure.
According to the Attorney General, the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) have traced several properties and bank transactions linked to Abdul-Wahab.
Speaking at the press briefing on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, Dr Dominic Ayine detailed, “Seven entities linked to Mr Hanan Abdul-Wahab and his wife were used as vehicles to receive and to launder the proceeds of crime from Buffer Stock. The money laundering took the form of property acquisitions across the country, including real estate and luxury goods, using the same entities.
Bank documents obtained by the EOCO reveal that, within the period that the suspects operated the criminal enterprise, Mr Hanan Abdul-Wahab, his wife and their entities became the largest depositors of Republic Bank”.
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