The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has urged telecommunications company MTN not to yield to a court order to provide details of his phone call records to Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu, as he will challenge the Circuit Court order in court.
“I, however, think that in the interest of developing clarity on the law protecting the privacy of the communication of Ghanaian citizens on mobile telecommunications platforms, and setting proper precedents, the breath of the court order should be subjected to legal scrutiny. I have, therefore, instructed my lawyers accordingly.
“I believe that MTN is properly advised not to hastily yield to this clearly over-broad order in the interest of their customers. MTN must be seen to exhaust all legal challenges,” Mr Ayariga said on Thursday, 24 January 2019.
The court order issued on 22 January had requested MTN to provide call records between the MP and an officer of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
The Office of the Special Prosecutor is investigating Mr Ayariga for corruption and abuse of office.
Mr Ayariga is alleged to have imported three Toyota Land Cruiser V8 vehicles into the country under questionable circumstances.
It will be recalled that in August 2018, Mr Amidu reported Mr Ayariga to the Economic and Organised Crime Organisation (EOCO) for allegedly attempting to block his investigation on him.
Mr Amidu said at the time that the MP had sent chiefs, pastors and other persons of authority to persuade him to stop the investigations.
Below is Ayariga’s full statement:
I will contest Martin Amidu court order for my MTN call records – Mahama Ayariga
I, Mahama, Ayariga would have gladly personally handed my MTN call records to Mr Martin Amidu, if he had just asked me directly, so he will see that I have never placed a call to Mr Kwasi Gyimah-Asante’s phone. I still do not know who Kwasi Asante-Gyimah is.
I, however, think that in the interest of developing clarity on the law protecting the privacy of the communication of Ghanaian citizens on mobile telecommunications platforms, and setting proper precedents, the breath of the court order should be subjected to legal scrutiny. I have therefore instructed my lawyers accordingly.
I believe that MTN is properly advised not to hastily yield to this clearly over-broad order in the interest of their customers. MTN must be seen to exhaust all legal challenges.
Hon. Mahama Ayariga
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Ahhhhhhhhh! Waht at all is this ***barred word*** looking for. Martin more fire. We are expecting more cases to surface. 3 brand new v8s for Ayariga? Aba Aba.
Ah, if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear, simplicita,the evil that men do, lives after them. What do you need 3 v8's for, but for Ghana politics where will you get so much to buy v8's,people have worked for 30years only be given peanuts as pension some of which cannot even buya motor bike, no wonder medical doctors, university dons, engineers,teachers,nurses,kayeye,pilots,etc all want to be politicians in Ghana, why ?, because that is where they create, loot and share.Martin Amidu, more fire
HE WHO COMES TO EQUITY MUST ALWAYS COME WITH CLEAN HANDS. AYARIGA! AYARIGA!, NOBODY IS CRYING WOLF BUT MY BROTHER TAKE RETROSPECTIVE REFLECTION OF PAST LIFE AND ALLOW THE INSITUTIONS TO WORK. LET NOT THREATEN ANYBODY WITH MY LAWYERS. THE WHOLE GHANA AND WORLD IS WATCHING THE HAPPENINGS IN GHANA
look at this thieeef. who is he to ask mtn not to do the proper thing? look at how this idioooot abused power when in office. look at how he is behaving even in opposition, can you imagine that? jail the scoundrel if found guilty.
Who believe Ayariga? One of the NDC LYING machines! Go on SP and if he is found guilty, JAIL him!