As tensions flare between Gomoa Central MP Kwame Asare-Obeng (A Plus) and Attorney General Dr. Dominic Ayine, IMANI Africa’s Founding President, Franklin Cudjoe, has shifted national focus to a deeper concern: the corrosive role of illicit political financing in Ghana’s democratic process.
Taking to Facebook, Cudjoe lamented what he sees as Ghana’s failure to confront the shadowy flow of untraceable funds that drive political campaigns. “We have lost the battle against the light needed to be shone on illicit funds in our politics,” he wrote, drawing attention to what he believes is a systemic failure rather than an isolated feud.
While the public’s gaze remains fixed on the bitter exchanges between A Plus and Dr. Ayine, Cudjoe pointed to a larger hypocrisy within the political elite. He chastised politicians who now call for transparency yet once evaded similar scrutiny over their own campaign spending.
“Someone I asked to tell us the source of her multimillion-dollar campaign war chest for a failed MP project is so loud berating the AG to investigate himself over an allegation of receiving campaign funds,” he noted, likening the situation to “pickpockets watching fellow pickpockets being hanged.”
The broader feud was triggered by allegations from A Plus that Dr. Ayine had mishandled funds related to the Sanitation Levy and accepted questionable campaign donations. In a firm rebuttal, the Attorney General denied all claims, insisting he was never part of the parliamentary process that passed the levy and calling the accusations “palpable falsehoods.”
“If receiving donations for your campaign or getting a pickup is thievery or corruption, then there are 276 thieves in Parliament, including the person who was making the allegation himself,” Dr. Ayine said.
As the Majority Leader moves to calm the storm through private mediation, Cudjoe’s comments inject a more sobering narrative into the political drama—warning that until Ghana confronts the root of opaque political funding, such episodes will continue to undermine public trust.
