The New Patriotic Party (NPP) deputy IT director is facing consequences for misusing former President John Mahama’s letterhead and fabricating a memo.
The suspects are Abdul Rauf Ibrahim, an NPP lobbyist, and Ato Kwamena Forson, the deputy director of IT at the NPP headquarters.
Attorneys representing the former president lodged a complaint against the two in October with the Ghana Police Service’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for misusing Mahama’s letterhead to publish an erroneous letter.
The following was part of the letter addressed to DCOP Faustina Andoh-Kwofie, the CID Director-General, and signed by Justice Srem-Sai of Praetorium Solicitor: “Our client has asked us, by way of a petition for the commencement of criminal investigations, bring the following facts to your attention”.
It described how the two accused person spread a letter on social media in October 2023 that appeared to be from his office and had his seal and style.
The letter gave specifics about what was in it and the platforms the two people used to distribute it.
It continued: “That the said document was not authored or issued by our client.
Based on the above and other related facts, we have advised our client in respect of the criminal laws and his rights thereunder; whereupon he has instructed us to, on his behalf, petition you to cause criminal investigations into the unauthorised use or forgery of his office’s credentials,” it added.
Meanwhile, Mahama has criticized the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration for their “Ghana Beyond Aid” policy.
With that policy, the former president claimed the Akufo-Addo administration had made the nation a nation of beggars.
Mahama stated that the Ghana Beyond Aid policy has not been successful.
He said, “Unfortunately, the present government discarded the 40-year plan and replaced it with a Ghana Beyond Aid plan that has turned Ghana into a beggar nation.”
