Prof. Frimpong-Boateng is not a saint, according to the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng in a news report. Prof. Boateng may be regarded as a saint by some, but in the eyes of the special prosecutor and his office, they do not.
“Where I sit, I do not have the luxury to see people as saints. I respect Prof. Frimpong-Boateng’s credentials and he may be a hero to some people but my office does not recognise that, we treat everybody in the same manner,” the Special Prosecutor said.
Samson Ayenini, the host of Newsfile, asked the special prosecutor why Professor Frimpong-Boateng was not granted a self-recognizance bail.
Professor Boateng was not released on a self-recognizance bail of 2 million cedis, according to Kissi Agyebeng, in defiance of earlier reports to the contrary.
Kissi Agyabeng acknowledged that Prof. Frimpong Boateng did not fully understand the purpose of his invitation when asked about it, pointing out that it is standard operating procedure for the office of the special prosecutor to withhold certain information from people called in for questioning or interrogation.
Relatively, the former minister of environment, science, technology, and innovation, has declared that he is prepared to handle all legal actions brought against him as a result of the report on illegal small-scale mining that he wrote as the chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM).
He has been sued for defamation by some of the people who were featured in the report.
These individuals include John Ofori-Atta, a former executive director of the Danquah Institute, Gabby Otchere-Darko, the captain (rtd) in charge of the Presidential Security detail, and Edmund Kwadwo Koda.
When asked if he had seen all the lawsuits, particularly the one from Captain (rtd) Koda that had been released on Wednesday, June 7, Prof. Frimpong Boateng responded to TV3’s Alfred Ocansey on the Ghana Tonight Show by saying, “I have seen it, and my lawyers are dealing with it.
