Chief Executive Officer for the Shippers Authority, Ransford Gyampo has admitted that he called the Special Prosecutor when the OSP and National Security Operatives raided the offices of SML.
In a Facebook post responding to the OSP’s statement on his recent comments on Accra-based TV3, Gyampo indicated that his call to the OSP was to caution him not to cause financial loss to the state even as he goes about your investigations.
Gyampo indicated that he in no way wanted to interfere in the ongoing investigation, as the statement from the Office of the Special Prosecutor suggests.
“It is fine to assure Ghanaians about your intentions but the bit that talks about me calling your office and insinuating that perhaps I called to ask you to do something untoward is unfair and makes me then doubt your intentions the more. I will circulate our whatsup texts also to make the point that I only expressed concern about potential financial loss to Ghana.”
Read His Statement Below
Folks,
Kissi Agyabeng issued the public statement below, following my discussion on TV3 Key Points yesterday. I have also responded to him as follows:
I didn’t call your office, I called YOU and we never spoke on phone because you said you couldn’t speak and that you were going to call back.
I texted you just to caution you not to cause financial loss to the state even as you go about your investigations, which I fully favor.
Given what I have heard from across the political divide about your possible intentions, I only expressed the hope that your intentions are patriotic and not personal. That’s all.
It is fine to assure Ghanaians about your intentions but the bit that talks about me calling your office and insinuating that perhaps I called to ask you to do something untoward is unfair and makes me then doubt your intentions the more. I will circulate our whatsup texts also to make the point that I only expressed concern about potential financial loss to Ghana.
Thank you
Background
The Office of the Special Prosecutor has disclosed that Prof. Ransford Gyampo who leads the Shippers Authority, called and sent texts to his office when the Office of the Special Prosecutor and National Security Operatives raided the offices of SML some weeks ago.
This revelation comes on the back of Gyampo’s calls on the OSP to be careful he is not pursuing Ken Ofori-Atta out of personal vendetta or to impress the current president to keep his job.
In a statement condemning Gyampo, the OSP could not fathom why the CEO would place calls and send texts to their office when they were carrying out their investigation of SML, which has been said to be involved in some shady dealings.
The OSP, in its statement, warned against interfering in its work by public officials.
