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Prove one corruption allegation against Akufo-Addo, his family members

A prominent figure within the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has dared the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to produce evidence of corruption against President Akufo-Addo or his family members.

According to him, no allegation of corruption under the current government compares to the Airbus bribery scandal which involved former President John Dramani Mahama, flagbearer of the NDC.

Taking to social media following the Special Prosecutor's conclusion of his investigation into the case, Mr. Otchere-Darko said "the hypocrisy of partisan politics is indeed most interesting."

"Let us dare the opposition and their “squeaky clean” leader to name one clear case (not mere allegation) against Akufo-Addo, his family members or appointees that come anywhere remotely close to this Airbus case and its volumes of findings by investigators and admissions of guilt by the bribe giver.

"Let them put the Airbus case side by side to any of the charges they continue to lay on NPP’s doorsteps. Yet, so desperate are they that they (led by JM himself) are eager to rely confidently & unashamedly on a book of fiction as their main dossier of evidence & to use same to draw links and conclusions from other instances to show that what Ghanaians are enduring today is worse than what they did see under Mahama’s NDC; never mind the tons of evidence of real developments and spendings that have gone directly into the welfare and wellbeing of families and communities across the country," he wrote on X (former Twitter).