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Former special counsel Martin Amidu has enraged people who criticize him on ethnic grounds for his resignation.
Less than 24 hours after he released a 27-page response to the Presidency following the government’s reaction to his resignation, Mr. Amidu recounted in another statement, a text exchange between himself and a ‘Nana B’, who allegedly he launched ethnocentric insults for trying to “undermine the integrity of the government.”
“On Thursday, November 19, 2020, I received a phone call to the number 0500007614 which I did not respond to to avoid receiving verbal threats of harm to myself and particularly because the number was not on my contact list and was unknown to me. The caller then texted me at 7:40 PM stating that: “Otani gyimifoc” the statement reads.
Furthermore, he alleged that ‘Nana B’ sent a follow-up text on Friday, after his 27-page response to the Presidency, addressing him in non-printable words.
The former Attorney General expressed his disappointment at the people who appear to have turned to ethnicity in addressing his decision to evict the Special Prosecutor’s Office.
According to him, the practice violates the constitutional provision that seeks to guarantee equality among the citizens of Ghana.
“It is important to bring this to the public attention because it is incompatible with the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the 1992 Constitution against discrimination and intimidation on the grounds of ethnic origin of the people who make up the Republic of Ghana,” he noted.
Addressing the issue, Amidu emphasized his patriotism, saying that the exchange only reveals a long-known but overlooked notion.
“I am an ‘Otani’ and a citizen of Ghana according to the 1992 Constitution until I am buried within the Homeland. The internalized perception by some Ghanaians that Old NT people who are full-blooded Ghanaians since 1957 are inferior citizens has been exposed by the sender of this SMS and their puppeteers, ”he wrote.
