The writing of the epistle flows in our blood – Ayariga tells Amidu

General News of Monday, June 3, 2019

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2019-06-03

Mahama Ayariga, Member of Parliament of Bawku Central District, informed Martin Amidu, in a letter, that he should expect to receive letters from the Epistle as a response to some of the issues raised by the special prosecutor's office against him.

According to him, it is not wrong to say that Mr. Amidu sent him the epistle letter writing to him (Mahama Ayariga) his real son.

Mr. Ayariga has been prosecuted by the Special Prosecutor and faces five charges, including tax evasion. Kendrick Akwasi Marfo, of ATLAS-Rent-A-Car, is involved in the lawsuit.

In the ordinance, "Mahama Ayariga, 44 years old in November 2017 in Tema, Greater Accra region, fraudulently evaded customs duties and taxes by paying 6 062.86 GH ¢ instead of 36. € 000 billed to release three Toyota V8 Land Cruisers. . "

He is also accused of having 'sold three Toyota V8 Land Cruisers bearing the registration numbers GR 2220-18, GR 2221-18 and GR 2222-18 intended to be used for your official duties as a member of Kendrick Akwasi Marfo's Parliament of ATLAS-Rent-A-Car priced at 40,000 GH ¢ each. "

The special prosecutor also accused the deputy of Bawku Central of "transferring" Ghana's currency through an unauthorized reseller, in violation of Articles 15 (3) and 29 (1). of the Foreign Exchange Act No. 723 of 2006 ".

The MP is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, but sent a letter to the special prosecutor informing him that he was not obliged to honor the invitation because Parliament would sit and sit.

He said, "Any conduct on your part that would impede or interfere with my right to be in Parliament on June 4 and to represent the good people of Bawku would be tantamount to contempt of Parliament."

In his initial response to Mr. Amidu's letter to the Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Ayariga said: "I have just returned from Abuja to Nigeria, where I attended the ECOWAS Parliament as a member of the delegation. from Ghana to this Parliament. "

Read the full letter of Ayariga below