A group calling itself the Alliance for Responsible Office Holders (AFROH) has disassociated themselves from an apology rendered to the Vice President John Mahama by their chairman Mahama Haruna. The group held a News conference on November 22, 2010, accusing Vice President of using his office to overturn a ban placed on the British cocoa trading company Armajaro Ltd, operating in Ghana. They claimed to have intercepted a letter written by Anthony Ward, an official of Armajaro enlisting the assistance of Andrew Mitchell, the British International Development Secretary, to lobby the vice president John Mahama and have the ban lifted. The pressure group also threatened to drag the Vice President to the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice CHRAJ, over the matter. Armajaro had been banned by the Ghana Cocoa Board after some employees of the company was found to be smuggling cocoa to neighboring Cote D’Ivoire. This follows an undercover investigation by Anas Aremeyaw Anas which implicated Amajaro and three other cocoa trading companies of smuggling cocoa to neighboring countries. Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sέn programme, a member of the group, Yaw Adomako Berfi expressed their disappointment in the actions of Mahama Haruna. He said the group will still take the matter to CHRAJ for the Vice President to redeem his image and that of the country. He noted that, Haruna’s decision to apologize to the Vice President was personal and does not reflect the position of the group. He added that Haruna Mahama seizes to be a member of the group. Mahama Haruna, apologized to Vice President for implicating him in the Armajaro ban lifting case. According to him, he has realized that the allegations he leveled against Vice PresidentJohn Dramani Mahama, were unfounded and upon the advice of his legal team, the case be dropped since there is no truth in the allegation. It is however alleged that, Mahama Haruna is considering contesting the Bole-Bamboi Parliamentary seat on the ticket of the NPP which is the home constituency of Vice-President John Dramani Mahama. Meanwhile, Vice President John Mahama is on record to have dared critics to proceed to the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) over COCOBOD’s lifting of the ban on British Cocoa Trading Company, Amajaro Company. He believes the criticisms are mere attempts by his detractors to tarnish his reputation. Story by: Adwoa Gyasiwaa/Myjoyonline/Ghana.