The Movement for Truth and Accountability says it is going after individuals who were using its name to extort money from companies it reported to state agencies to be investigated and prosecuted.
The Convener of the anti-corruption group, Joseph Bediako, told journalists in Accra yesterday that this act of criminality would not go unpunished.
He alleged that information received by the group indicated that the perpetrators had made it a lucrative business to extort money from these companies that they believed were in defiance of the law.
Mr. Bediako said the group had dragged those companies before the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Commission for Human Rights and Administration Justice (CHRAJ), and the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
As the name suggests, he said, the group stands for truth, transparency, integrity and accountability to the people of Ghana, and not shield criminals.
This, he said, had given room to these miscreants to take advantage of the situation to blackmail and extort money from these defaulting companies in the group’s name.
“Therefore, any company that has paid money to any individual should go ahead and take the money back, because the movement was not formed to blackmail any company or extort money from companies. Our aim is to sanitise the system to reduce corruption and bribery,” he added.
He continued that the group would also not limit itself only to the anti-corruption agencies, but would use the courts to ensure justice was served to the Ghanaian public.
