Former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Professor Frimpong-Boateng has broken his silence over his arrest for alleged corrupt activities.The Office of the Special Prosecutor is said to have detained the former chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining on May 16, during questioning over his recent galamsey report but was immediately granted a gh2 million bail.

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Sources say he is yet to account for some GH320 million spent by the Committee.Interacting with JoyNews on June 7, the former minister said he would be among the most wealthy individuals in the country should he have engaged in thievery.“If I were a thief, I would be one of the very wealthy people in this country.

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If we all thought about Ghana and had the best interests of this country at heart, we would not be where we are now,” he said.Professor Frimpong-Boateng again noted that he is not afraid of being convicted as he has nothing to hide.According to the professor, he remains a victim of the unjust system being controlled by some powerful individuals. He compared his situation to the difficulties Jesus Christ faced at the hands of the Romans.

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“I am not sacred. Why should I be scared? Even the son of God, Jesus Christ, the sinless one was convicted and killed. So if people want to kill you, they know what to do to kill you. This is what I want to say. If people who have the power to do things… they will know what to do because it happened to even the sinless one," he said.

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