The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has gone to court with six other plaintiffs on the contract between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML).
Lawyer for the plaintiffs, Martin Luther Kpebu, who made the disclosure on TV3’s KeyPoints Saturday, August 24, 2024, indicated that they decided to sue at a time the Akufo-Addo government is leaving office, so that the Attorney-General will not influence the matter as it happened with the ambulance procurement trial.
According to him, the plaintiffs want the former Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to explain to Ghanaians, how he breached the regulations to award the contracts to SML.
He is to appear together with the SML, the Attorney-General and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
Mr. Kpebu made the disclosure when Alfred Ocansey reminded him of some legal cases he has promised to champion should this government finish its term.
“We’ve sued SML. I’ve led ACEP, CDD-Ghana and many other CSOs. We’ve sued SML and Ken Ofori-Atta for the recovery of that billions of cedis that has been paid to them. We’ve sued in the High Court so Ofori-Atta will be served. He should come and explain, the breaches of the law, the way he breached the law for SML to get those contracts, he will come to court to testify.
“If he wants to throw in the towel and not come and defend his actions, fine. There are seven plaintiffs and more are joining, IMANI and co.
“I told you the timing is very important. We sued at a time when this government is going out of power so that there won’t be any chances that they’ll go and like, Godfred Dame, go and see judges privately, so that there will be no chance that he can go and do such things,” he disclosed.
The plaintiffs in the matter consist of the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), Human Rights and Governance Centre and Priscilla Enyonam Abotsi.
You can read details of suit here – AFRICAN CENTRE FOR ENERGY POLICY & 5ORS V SML (WRIT….)_045517
