[ 2021-02-22 ]

Appointment Committee petitioned not to approve Nitiwul
A Ghanaian citizen who has identified himself as
Adegbule Ola Durojaiy based in the United Kingdom
(UK) and Ghana has written to the Appointments
Committee of Parliament not to approve Defense
Minister-designate, Dominic Nitiwul.

Mr. Durojaiy says Mr. Nitiwul peddled untruths
before the Committee when he appeared before it
for his vetting last week.

According to him, Mr. Nitiwul claimed during his
vetting that some Ghanaian soldiers who were cited
for smuggling of arms had been punished, but that
was false.

Durojaiy in his letter said the officers were
currently walking free, although they were due to
face court-martial.

He said the personnel who were on a peacekeeping
mission in Lebanon when they were caught involved
in the illegal acts.

“In a course of the operation, it was
established Lt Col. Isaac Twum Ampofo, who had
bought a second-hand car engines, concealed three
Pistols, in the engine in the Sump and one Pistol
in the back of a Microwave. Both of them admitted
smuggling the weapons into the country. Summary of
evidence and Pre-trial advised that the two should
be Court Martial but all of them have been
left-off-the-hook and are walking free,” he said
in his letter.

According to the claimant, who describes himself
as a private investigator said he personally
financed the investigation and so finds it
disappointing that the persons indicted have not
been punished.

“It is interesting to note that these men are
being protected from Court Martial.”

“To the best of my knowledge, after
investigation and summary of evidence, there was a
pre-trial advice by the legal department of the
Ghana Armed Forces dated March 2020 for the
alleged culprits to be Court Martial but they have
not been tried. It therefore cannot be true what
the Minister-designate stated during his vetting
that they have been punished. Interestingly, most
of the armed robbers in Ghana before 2017 until
they were arrested, had Bruni MOD 92 this is also
verifiable.”

Adegbule Ola Durojaiy said one of the persons
identified in the smuggling ring confirmed gifting
some items including a thread mill and a cooker to
Mr. Nitiwul and there was evidence to back the
claim.

He said the officer recently uploaded photos of
himself and the Dominic Nitiwul on Facebook
confirming that the two at least had a certain
relationship for which reason Mr. Nitiwul is not
getting them punished.

“If all these cannot qualify for irregularities,
if concealing weapons in the Engine of a car and
that of the back of a Microwave cannot be
described as smuggling for which Hon. Dominic
Nitiwul sees nothing wrong, then it is unfortunate
and such a person must not be allowed to be a
Minister in Ghana. None of the Soldiers have been
punished as he claimed,” Durojaiy added.

Source - Citinewsroom

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