The Minority Caucus in Parliament has made serious allegations against the committee members of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL).

Speaking to the media at a press conference on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, the caucus, led by Suame MP John Darko, accused the corruption and accountability team of targeting former appointees over their legitimate properties.

According to him, the committee appears to be going around confiscating people's properties and causing distress, an action he said he strongly disapproves of.

“What they are doing is to go about disturbing people, entering homes, seizing vehicles and more or less taking over lands from people who have genuinely purchased lands. What the former government officials have done is to acquire properties legally. No illegality has taken place,” John Darko claimed.

The lawmaker went on to suggest and allege that some members of the ruling National Democratic Congress party may have acquired lands considered state property under previous governments.

“NDC members have acquired lands in this country. The executives, Okudzeto Ablakwa and co live at Cantonments, Airport - all lands which were government lands that they bought many years ago,” he alleged.

The first-time lawmaker stated that ORAL’s modus operandi could be seen as a witch hunt of former government appointees and urged Ghanaians to reconsider accepting or tolerating the committee's actions.

“The people of Ghana should not tolerate this ORAL which is out there to only persecute the former government officials,” he continued.

He also called on former government appointees to consider boycotting any future invitations from the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) committee, raising concerns about the committee’s legal standing and constitutionality.

“If you are a former government appointee and you are invited by ORAL, our advise to you from the Minority is to boycott any invitation from the ORAL team. We are not going to be part of it because we believe that there are constitutionally established bodies that can investigate any so-called misdeeds of the government,” he concluded.

The Minority in Parliament is urging all individuals invited by the ORAL team to boycott their invitations, citing a lack of legal mandate for the team’s activities.#TV3GH pic.twitter.com/DDTMXLvShX

— #TV3GH (@tv3_ghana) January 15, 2025