Former Deputy Communications Minister, Felix Kwakye-Ofosu has chided the deputy Attorney General for mentioning former President John Mahama’s name in recent Airbus bribery scandal.

Kwakye-Ofosu noted that, it was inappropriate to cite Mahama for allegedly playing a pivotal role in the sandal without any evidence to support the claim.

The Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Dame in an interview with Joy FM yesterday, had described former officials in the erstwhile Mills-Mahama NDC administration as non-cooperative with ongoing investigations into the scandal.

n the interview, the deputy Attorney General also hinted at Mahama’s possible involvement in the scandal.

 “The key government actors who engage in the transaction are still around and I insist that there is a Vice President who later on transformed into a President is round and is still campaigning for public office.

“And I am saying that in accordance with the tenets of accountability that person even if he was not involved ought to open up to the full facts because definitely the transaction occurred under his supervision,” he added.

He answered “absolutely, clearly” when asked if he was referring to John Dramani Mahama.

This claim did not sit well with Felix Kwakye-Ofosu who described the deputy Attorney General’s comments as “nothing more than diversionary propaganda”

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The former deputy minister who is also the NDC’s parliamentary candidate for Abora Asebu Kwamankese speaking on Joy FM said “It was a specific case of or allegation made against any specific Ghanaian official for which reason anybody can come forward… I dismiss entirely, the innuendos and insinuations of the Deputy Attorney General because they are not founded.”

Mr Kwakye-Ofosu questioned the basis for the Deputy AG’s conclusion when the UK judgement had not explicitly indicated who the culprits in the dealing were.

He also found it strange that the Attorney General’s Department would take a keen interest in a matter that has been referred to the Office of the Special Prosecutor by the President.

“He points to something that doesn’t exist. In any event, is it not this same government that issued a statement that that matter be referred to the Special Prosecutor? One would think then they respect the independence of the Special Prosecutor and therefore allow him to conduct investigations into the matter and come out with his conclusions,” he quizzed.

He further stated that: “On what basis does the Attorney General jump the gun and mention names, fail to provide evidence and purport to have written to the British government asking for information”.

“There are straightforward matters of corruption in front of them. They are not able to disclose information. Yet they choose to jump onto the propaganda bandwagon and make claims that are completely false,” he added.