Journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has criticized the government’s mass discontinuation of court cases against officials from the previous Mahama administration, warning that it undermines the fight against corruption.

“Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) cannot succeed when its implementers are engaged in ‘Operation Clear All Looters (OCAL),’” Manasseh stated, arguing that Mahama’s decision sends the wrong message.

According to him, halting corruption-related prosecutions signals to officials that they can evade justice by delaying trials until their party returns to power.

“What President Mahama is telling the NPP officials his administration will charge is very simple: if you are charged, drag the case as long as you can, and if your party comes into office, the court process will be truncated, and you will be set free,” he said.

Manasseh insisted that corruption cases should be left to the courts. “The Attorney-General must not truncate prosecution just because he has the power to do so. That power belongs to Ghanaians and must be exercised in our interest.”

He referenced the ambulance procurement scandal, which he investigated in his documentary Grounded Wheels, asserting that the case was not fabricated despite the court’s acquittal of the accused.

“Had the procurement not been a scandal, the Mahama administration would not have moved the ambulances from the forecourt of the State House and hidden them at the Air Force Base in Burma Camp,” he argued.


Manasseh likened Mahama’s actions to those of former President Akufo-Addo, whom he previously called the Chief Clearing Agent. “Mahama seems to relish that title,” he remarked, calling for greater accountability.