The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has cleared President John Mahama over bribery allegation against him in a ford vehicle gift saga.
The youth wing of the Convention People’s Party filed a case against President Mahama at CHRAJ when it emerged in the media that he received a car gift from his Burkinabe friend and contractor, Mr Djibril Freres Kanazoe, who later received government contracts.
Even though CHRAJ in a 78-page report, indicted President Mahama, saying he violated the gift policy with regard to his decision to accept the vehicle, he was cleared of any bribery.
According to CHRAJ, it was satisfied that the gift in question formed part of gifts prohibited under the Gift Policy under the Code of Conduct and that although the evidence show that President Mahama subsequently surrendered the gift to the State, the action nonetheless contravened the gift policy, the state-owned Daily Graphic reported on its website.
CHRAJ noted it has evidence showing Mahama submitted the Ford Expedition gift from the Burkinabe contractor to the State.
The Commission also established the President was not culpable of conflict of interest, bribery or fraud in relation to the manner in which the vehicle was given to him.
