Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has challenged the Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central, Kwame Asare-Obeng, popularly known as A Plus, to provide concrete evidence to support the corruption allegations he has made on social media.
Addressing the media on Wednesday, April 30, Dr. Ayine dismissed the claims as unfounded, describing them as “palpable falsehoods.” He specifically refuted allegations suggesting that he directed funds from the Sanitation Levy to a friend, and rejected accusations of theft and corruption.
According to Dr. Ayine, he is guided by careful thought and consideration before taking any action, and his integrity is what earned him the position of Attorney General.
“The Honourable Kwame Asare-Obeng took to social media to make serious allegations against me, calling me corrupt and a thief. Besides the name-calling, the Facebook post in its totality was a palpable falsehood.”
“I was never involved in the passage of the sanitation levy as I was not a member of the Finance Committee of Parliament, let alone being in a position to influence the position of the membership of the committee.”
He continued by addressing campaign-related allegations:
“I am reliably informed that his basis for saying I am corrupt and a thief is that I took campaign contributions from a businessman at East Legon known as Dr. Slege, and that he also knows the people who donated pickups for my campaign.
“If receiving donations for your campaign or getting a pickup is thievery or corruption, then there are 276 thieves in Parliament, including the person who was making the allegation himself.”
Dr. Ayine concluded by daring the MP to make his claims official:
“If A Plus has any evidence of corruption or thievery against me, I am challenging him today to call a press conference and present the evidence or present it to the police to investigate me.”