Martin Amidu was at post for too long - Manasseh Azure

Investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni says he is surprised that, Martin Amidu stayed at the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) for a long time amid all the controversies.

Manasseh suggested that Mr Amidu took too long to resign as the Special Prosecutor, considering the fact he was not unable to get the job done.

The ace journalist noted that with all the tough times he was given during his term of office it was clear the government was not ready to support him to fight corruption.

He said Mr Amidu has a reputation of a very passionate anti-corruption crusader but with all that panned out, he needed to quit.

“I believe he had stayed too long in that position and not too long ago, I asked him why he was still at post. I felt that he has built a reputation for himself. For him to have sat down for all that he had built to go down the drain, I thought that it was too much. I was surprised that he stayed this long,” Mr. Awuni said on Citi TV

Manasseh believes Amidu’s resignation was because “his hands were tied and things were not happening as they should.”

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“After this Agyapa deal, he got the realization that going forward, this administration is not committed to the fight against corruption… Without the presidency being committed, there is no way he was going to succeed,” Awuni added.

Martin Amidu announced his resignation as Special Prosecutor on Monday, November 16, 2020.

Among other things, he cited interference by the government in his work although he is supposed to be independent and also the death of former President Jerry John Rawlings who to him, was a source of protection from the threats on his life after conducting a corruption risk assessment on the controversial Agyapa Mineral Royalties deal.