The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has revealed that Solomon Asamoah, the former CEO of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) and a key suspect in the Sky Train Scandal, is currently hiding in Senegal to evade prosecution.
Speaking on the status of the investigation, Dr. Ayine disclosed that $2 million was paid for the controversial Sky Train Project at the request of Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, then Chairman of the GIIF Board of Directors, and Solomon Asamoah.
According to the Attorney General, authorities first tracked Asamoah to South Africa after he left Ghana on February 2.
However, he later relocated to Senegal, where he has refused to return to Ghana for questioning.
“In respect of SkyTrain, we can confirm that the $2 million was paid at the request of the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ghana Infrastructure Fund (GIIF), Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, and then CEO, Solomon Asamoah who is currently hiding in Senegal. We tracked him first and noticed that he was in South Africa. So, he left Ghana on February 2, to South Africa.
“We were monitoring him there, and then he left, and he is now in Senegal. When we contacted him, he told us that he would not come to Ghana until three months from now.
“So we are patiently waiting for him. If he wants to be tried in absentia, that is his choice to make. But we have the prosecutorial authority to prosecute him in absentia. The person who acted with him to transfer that money, Prof Akumfi is in the country. So, if there is going to be a delay, we will start the prosecution with him being a suspect who is being tried in absentia,” he stated.
The Sky Train Project, initiated under the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) government, was meant to revolutionize Ghana’s transport system but has now become embroiled in a major financial scandal.
