The Deputy Director of Elections of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Rashid Tanko-Computer, has defended the government’s anti-corruption efforts, insisting that the ongoing Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) is a process to retrieve allegedly misappropriated state funds and not a political witch-hunt.
Speaking on Ahotor FM’s Adekyee Mu Nsem programme with Citizen Kofi Owusu in Accra, Rashid Tanko challenged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to point to any law that has been breached in the investigations involving Dennis Miracles Aboagye.
According to him, the NPP’s demonstrations against the arrest are unjustified because the matter is being handled by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), a constitutionally mandated investigative body.
He compared the allegations involving approximately GH¢53 million in the Miracles Aboagye case with the GH¢51 million judgment debt paid in the Alfred Agbesi Woyome case, questioning why the NPP is protesting now while it strongly criticised the Woyome case in the past.
Rashid Tanko revealed that he was also invited by EOCO before the 2024 general election but said members of the NDC did not mass at the EOCO headquarters because they believed in due process and knew he had committed no offence.
He further alleged that some supporters who participated in the NPP demonstration had been promised GH¢150 each and claimed that some were demanding payment after the protest.
According to him, Ghanaians voted the NPP out of office because of alleged corruption and the misappropriation of public funds, adding that the current administration is carrying out the mandate given to it by the electorate.
He also questioned why the NPP has remained silent on individuals who have allegedly agreed to repay funds to the state, insisting that the party cannot selectively defend people under investigation.
Rashid Tanko emphasised that ORAL is not an event but an ongoing process, adding that investigations will continue and that anyone found to have looted state resources would face the full rigours of the law.
Story by Stephen Kwaku Owusu Mintah
