President of policy think tank, IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has described the investigation into the Airbus scandal as thorough.

The OSP, at a press conference, confirmed John Dramani Mahama as Government Official One in the scandal.

However, the former President was exonerated since there was no evidence of wrongdoing on his part.

Commenting on the OSP’s investigation, Franklin Cudjoe indicated that their work was thorough.

“OSP! Such thoroughness! John Dramani Mahama is exonerated as there is no evidence of corruption in the Airbus scandal!” he said.

About the Airbus Scandal:

Airbus, the European aircraft manufacturer, was alleged to have paid bribes in Ghana when it sold three military aircraft.

The aerospace multinational admitted hiring the brother of a top elected Ghanaian official as its consultant for the pitch to sell the aircraft to the country.

Also, Airbus confessed to paying the said consultant through a third party when its Compliance Unit raised red flags about the close relationship between the consultant and the top elected official, who was a key decision-maker in the purchase of the military aircraft.

Former President John Dramani Mahama was one of the government officials implicated in the scandal, with the former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, alleging that the "Government Official One" label in the scandal referred to the former president.

Amidu, in an epistle while in office as Special Prosecutor, revealed how John Mahama allegedly used his office to guarantee a Ghanaian passport for his brother Samuel Adam Mahama.

Martin Amidu said, "Amongst other reasons for the letter to the said Ministry, Samuel Adam Mahama's elder brother of full blood, who without a doubt and the evidence available to this Office answers to the description of the elected Government Official 1, allegedly granted a denial interview to the Daily Graphic which published the same on June 20, 2020, fortunately containing suspected admissions that he is the elected Government Official 1 referred to in the UK judgement.

"Serving appointees of this government have been unable to obtain the voice recording of this interview to enable the Office to confront the former president with his own admissions in the interview as answering to the description of the brother of Samuel Adam Mahama as Intermediary 5."

John Mahama, however, denied the allegations and challenged Amidu, who was in office at the time, to prosecute him if he was indeed the said Government Official One.