Editorial News of Wednesday, 16 May 2001

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More arrest expected

The Weekly Insight says at least 30 leading members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and associates of the former first couple are expected to be arrested within the next four weeks.

The arrests are part of the process of investigating crimes against the state allegedly committed by these functionaries and associates.

Some of the arrests, which have been effected already allegedly follows disclosures made to the police by Dr Albert Barnafo, a close associate of the former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings.

Dr Barnafo is being investigated in connection with some World Bank contract awarded by the Ministry of Works and Housing.

He has also been asked to explain how $2 million got missing from the accounts of the Ghana Rubber Estates Limited.