Former Special Prosecutor Martin A. B. K. Amidu has sparked a new debate over political interference in law enforcement after alleging that Attorney-General Dominic Ayine’s recent confession at Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) exposes a deeper rot within state institutions.
Amidu took issue with Ayine’s admission that he personally purchased six heavy-duty printers for the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) from his own funds, claiming such an act goes beyond generosity and enters the realm of “weaponizing state institutions for political purposes.”
According to Amidu, a public officer drawing a salary from taxpayers has no legal or moral basis to make selective personal donations to state agencies under his supervision.
“It is an unequivocal admission that the Attorney-General and the Mahama government deliberately set out to use EOCO as an instrument of political persecution,” Amidu argued.
He questioned why a minister would spend an amount equivalent to several months of his salary on an agency funded by the state.
“This is not a benevolent gesture but a conflict of interest, bribery, and unconstitutionality disguised as efficiency,” Amidu noted.
The former Attorney-General insisted that EOCO, being a public institution under Act 804, operates independently of the Attorney-General’s direct management.
He called for an immediate criminal investigation into what he described as a “blatant weaponization of law enforcement,” adding that such conduct undermines the integrity of Ghana’s democracy and justice system.
