The Director of Legal Affairs of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Edudzi Kudzo Tameklo has made a startling revelation that the annual Ghana Bar Conference is being used as a political campaign platform, for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to campaign against John Mahama in the run-up to the 2024 elections.

This controversy stems from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s speech delivered during the 2023 Ghana Bar Association Annual Conference in Cape Coast on Monday, September 11, 2023.

During his address, President Akufo-Addo appeared to target former President John Dramani Mahama, who had previously declared, ‘I’m not going to be a clearing agent president.’

In response to the accusation that he clears his appointees accused of corruption without due process, President Akufo-Addo emphasized that his government’s anti-corruption efforts set an unmatched precedence in Ghana’s history since gaining independence.

“Every single alleged act of corruption levelled against any of my appointees has been investigated by independent bodies such as CHRAJ (Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice) and CID. It is not my role to clear or convict any person accused of wrongdoing or engaging in acts of corruption; that is the responsibility of the courts and law enforcement agencies.”

He further elucidated that his duty was to respond to corruption allegations by referring them to the appropriate investigative bodies pending the conclusion of the investigation.

But in a sharp rebuttal, Edudzi took to his Facebook saying “The Ghana Bar Conference has become a dubious campaign platform for the NPP to campaign against John Mahama in the 2024 election. The evidence is that Akufo Addo, at the Conference, urged voters to vote against John Mahama,” he wrote.