Former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has alleged that he has been the target of threats of assassination since November 16, 2020. He claims that high-ranking officials authorised operatives to hurt him at his home on Monday.
He stated that the government has been relentlessly attacking him ever since he was demoted from his position as special prosecutor.
The former Attorney General and Minister of Justice said in a statement sent to the press that the late Victor Newman, a founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), stopped an assassination plot against him.
“I have lived under threats of assassination, armed robbery, and the burning of my house, from this regime since 16 November 2020. The late Victor Newman aborted the discussions to assassinate me then. These threats intensify anytime I exercise my right to defend the Constitution, just as I did recently on 28 June 2023 and 30 June 2023 resulting in a covert attack on my residence at 2:15 am, dawn yesterday, Monday 3 July 2023.
“As I said in November 2020, the President, Nana Akufo-Addo, is ultimately responsible for anything violent that befalls me or my residence. I shall not back down from defending the 1992 Constitution, as I am enjoined to do as a citizen of Ghana. No Ghanaian patriot must be cowed by the threats of those violating the Constitution, he wrote.
The former special prosecutor spoke out in response to news that the New Patriotic Party had cautioned its communicators against attacking the personality of Dormaahene Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II after he criticised the government and the Supreme Court for their handling of the case against James Gyakye Quayson, the Member of Parliament for Assin North.
“The distinguished and eminent Chief of the Dormaas is lucky that the communicators attacked only his personality on air, and their superiors have seen the danger it poses for the NPP in the 2024 elections. In my case, Nana Akufo-Addo’s undercover operatives and agents were unleashed on my residence at the dawn of yesterday, Monday 3 July 2023,” he said.
