A Deputy General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Haruna Mohammed, has said the party is happy that the Office of the Special Prosecutor's investigation has pointed out former President John Mahama as "Government Official 1" in the Airbus bribery scandal.  Speaking on JoyNews on Thursday, August 8, he said the "confirmation has strengthened the case for the NPP," adding that "crime has no expiring date" and that there is always an opportunity to pursue the case.  Mr. Mohammed also indicated that the party's legal team will review the OSP's report and that the party is content that John Mahama has been confirmed as "Government Official 1."  "The NPP will state our position, but we are very happy that Government Official 1 is clearly John Mahama," he said in a report by myjoyonline.com.  His remarks follow the OSP's designation of former President Mahama as the person identified as "government official 1" in the Airbus bribery case, notwithstanding the latter's observation that there is no proof of bribery directed towards Mahama.  According to Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng, this verdict is the result of a thorough inquiry conducted by his office over a period of four years.  Addressing the media in Accra, Mr. Agyebeng clarified that the public's interest in the matter made the scandal's inquiry and the participants' identities public.  "The individual described as Government Official One by the UK court and Individual One by the US court is John Dramani Mahama. He is a citizen of Ghana; he was the Vice President of Ghana from January 7, 2009, to 2012. The President of Ghana from 2012 to January 7, 2017.