The anti-graft group Crusaders Against Corruption-Ghana (CACG) has petitioned the Special Prosecutor to investigate claims by Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency Ken Ohene Agyapong that he was given GH120,000 by the Chief of Staff to give to Sarah Adwoa Safo of Dome-Kwabenya to entice her to travel to Ghana to attend parliamentary sittings.
Among the claims made on Accra-based Asaase Radio on Tuesday, February 22, Ken Agyapong stated that the former Deputy Majority Leader also hired a private jet to facilitate her return to Accra.
“Mr Special Prosecutor, in line with the aforementioned, Crusaders Against Corruption Ghana (CACG) is officially petitioning your office to as a matter of urgency, public interest and for protecting the public purse investigate the source of these funds, determine whether or not there is misappropriation of public funds from the office of the Chief of Staff or any other public office and determine whether or not the publication made by Hon. Ken Agyapong is false”.
The Crusaders insisted that they will await the outcome of an independent investigation into the claims before deciding on their next course of action.
“Mr Special Prosecutor, in the interest of Ghana, CACG counts on your swift response and action to this petition,” the petition signed by Chief Crusader Emmanuel Wilson Jnr concluded.
The Special Prosecutor’s Office (SOP) has duly acknowledged receipt of the petition.
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SOURCE: 3NEWS
