Corrupt, looting Akufo-Addo-Bawumia gov't so power-drunk that they only see ordinary Ghanaian as zombified idiot after dangling few TV pictures — Martin Amidu

Former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu has launched a scathing attack on the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), accusing President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia of being "corrupt" and "power-drunk".

In his latest opinion piece, Mr. Amidu alleged that the Akufo-Addo administration holds a dismissive view of ordinary Ghanaians, who think their votes can be easily influenced through superficial gestures.

“The corrupt and looting government machinery of Nana Akufo-Addo and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is so power-drunk that they only see the ordinary Ghanaian as a zombified idiot whose vote can be bought after dangling a few television pictures,” he wrote.

The former Attorney General further criticised the timing of the government’s recent project commissionings, labelling them an abuse of incumbency.

He claimed that these actions were deliberate attempts to mask the administration’s economic and social shortcomings ahead of the December 2024 elections.

“President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is so scared of a free and fair democratic contest… that he reserved most of the infrastructural developments undertaken under his tenure to be commissioned by his chosen successor and himself within the last three months to the 7 December 2024 elections,” he remarked.

Mr. Amidu described the strategy as a “condescending insult to the electorate” and a misuse of public funds disguised as development.