The conviction of Asante Kwaku Berko by the United States District Court Eastern District of New York on 6 August 2026 came as a surprise to the Mahama government which is now engaged in damage control using lies, fabrications, and propaganda to evade accountability. The Statement of the OSP at its media conference on 26 August 2026 at which the Special Prosecutor state inter alia that: “....We have been actively and carefully investigating the Ghanaian dimension....” is a barefaced lie being told by the government to swindle the public about an intention to kill any investigations into the AKSA-Ghana bribery deal.

EOCO as presently constituted and controlled by the Attorney-General is the worse vehicle for impartial apolitical investigation and prosecution of the Asante Berko-Aksa-Ghana bribery deal whether for corruption or money laundry. EOCO under its present leadership has been weaponized as the Ghanaian Gestapo for hunting down perceived adversaries through the process of criminal justice administration and protecting the government’s own appointees and supporters from prosecution. The evidence will be suppressed!