The lawyers for former President John Dramani Mahama has issued a stern demand to two newspapers-The New Crusading Guide and Supreme Newspaper-over what he describes as false and defamatory publications.
The November 25, 2024, editions of the newspapers carried stories with the headlines "Exposed: Mahama Plans to 'Sell' Ghana's Oil to Russian Oligarchs" and "Leaked Document Exposes Mahama." According to the legal representative of Mr.
Mahama, Tony Lithur, the articles allege that he signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two Russian businessmen, Dimitri Khodorkovsky and Alexey Vasiliev.
The purported agreement allegedly promised access to Ghana's oil resources in exchange for financial and logistical support to influence the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in favor of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), which Mahama leads.