Accra, Ghana, February 2, 2020//-A former Ghanaian Attorney General & Minister for Justice, Marietta Brew Appiah-Opong today rebuffed media reports claiming that aircraft manufacturer, Airbus paid bribes to some senior officials during the Mills-Mahama regime.
The reports which emerged after the company admitted in a UK court that it paid bribes to officials in some five countries including Ghana between 2009 and 2015 have ignited rumours in Ghana.
Setting the record straight, Madam Appiah-Opong said: “The reports alleging that Airbus SE paid bribes during the administration of President John Evans Atta Mills and John Dramani Mahama are false, misleading and do not reflect the Approved Judgment”.
Indeed, the Approved Judgment of the Crown Court of Southwark approving the DPA between Airbus and the UK Serious Fraud Office does not allege that any payment was made by Airbus to any Ghanaian Government official, according to a press release issued by her today.
“It is therefore a gross distortion for the media to conclude that officials of the Ghana Government between 2009 and 2015 were bribed or paid any commissions by Airbus for the acquisition of the Casa C-295 aircrafts”.
African Eye Report
