The former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong has, in a statement, denied that officials of aircraft manufacturing giant Airbus paid or attempted to pay millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for contracts.

Ghana’s involvement in the issue that has led to Airbus being slapped a £3 billion fine by a British court is in connection to the purchase of a C-295 military transport aircraft between 2009 and 2015.

The issue came to light during court proceedings in which Airbus admitted five counts of failing to prevent bribery, using a network of secret agents to pay large-scale backhanders to officials in foreign countries to land high-value contracts.

Read the full statement below:

The scheme was run by a unit at Airbus’ French headquarters, which its one-time chief executive, Tom Enders, reportedly called “bullshit castle”.

However, in a statement copied to Joy News, the former Attorney General, during the erstwhile Mahama administration said no bribes were paid during the purchase of the aircraft.

Ghana’s C295 Military aircraft

She said, “the reports alleging that Airbus SE paid bribes during the administration of President John Evans Atta Mills and John Dramani are false, misleading and do not reflect the Approved Judgement.”

Read the full dossier of the court ruling on Ghana below:

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