A Private Legal Practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has defended the activities of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) committee set up by President John Mahama ahead of the 2024 elections, stating that there is a legal basis for such a mechanism for reporting corruption and crime.
Speaking on The Key Points on January 18, Kpebu emphasized that the committee's role is not to invite suspects for questioning but to receive and document cases of corruption, state capture, and other wrongdoing.
This, he explained, would ensure that corruption cases brought to President Mahama's attention will already be under preliminary scrutiny. "JM said people were inundating him with cases of suspected corruption, so in his wisdom, he thought it best to set up a committee ahead of time to receive these reports.
The President alone cannot handle all these complaints, so a dedicated team is necessary," Kpebu noted.
