Mr Amidu who stated this in a statement, however, cautioned the public not to politicize the issues.
He explained he has since commenced investigations following the referral of the case to his office by the presidency.
In a statement, Mr Amidu, said there is enough “reasonable suspicion” of corruption and bribery in the deferred prosecution agreement between the European aircraft manufacturing company, Airbus and the British Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in which Ghana was featured, hence a decision to commence an investigation.
On January 31, 2020, Ghana was named as one of five countries that Airbus paid or attempted to pay millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for contracts, which led British court to fine Airbus £3 billion.
In addition to Ghana, the company allegedly paid bribes to officials in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Taiwan within the same period.
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office, however, in its statement of fact did not name the Ghanaian officials because investigations were still ongoing.
This has led President Akufo-Addo tasking the Office of the Special Prosecutor to investigate the scandal.
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