Raid on Addison’s home was done in accordance with the law – Srem Sai

 

Deputy Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Justice Srem Sai, has said that the raid on the home of former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison, was done under the law.

He states that warrants were procured and used for the raid.

“We take responsibility for the search that happened. We want to make it clear that those searches and the mode in which they were done were under the law. Warrants were procured and used,” he told journalists in Accra on Thursday, March 20.

Before his comments, a Deputy Presidential Spokesperson, Shamima Muslim, had said that there should be no problem once due process is followed in raiding the homes of officials who served in the previous administration.

This was after she justified the alleged home raiding and arrest of some former officials who served under the erstwhile NPP administration.

“I’m yet to get to the office to receive a full briefing on the matter, but what I can say is that some actions are going on, there are some investigations ongoing, and there are persons of interest who will be now and again invited to help the investigation process.

“There are means of gathering information, and one of the means is to visit the homes of these persons of interest,” she explained.

She further called for due process to be followed in the arrest of these individuals.

“I will just say that we should execute these processes with recourse to due process, and once we are doing that, we should have no problem,” she added.
Following the raiding of the former BoG’s home and the arrest of Okatakyie, Minority Leader, Afenyo-Markin and other NPP executives condemned the act, highlighting the need for respect for democracy and human rights.

However, Shamima Muslim argued that the minority’s response to the action taken by the government is an attempt to evade accountability by trying to sabotage the NDC government.

She asserted that the NDC government is more respectful in its demand for accountability than what was witnessed under the NPP government, referencing unfair treatment experienced by some NDC officials in 2017 when former President Akufo-Addo assumed office.

“However, we should also be mindful of how the minority would always deliberately position themselves to be averse to any action that government takes in its quest to demand audit and accountability of the outgone government… sometimes exaggerating the issue and trying to deliberately misrepresent the action that is being taken.

Se was reacting to the allegations that National Security Operatives on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, raided the home of former Bank of Governor, Ernest Addison.

On the same day, a journalist, Okatakyie Afrifa Mensah, was also arrested by National Security Operatives and released later in the evening.

On February 11, 2025, the home of former finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta was also allegedly raided by some national security operatives who in addition searched the home of the former minister