By Kay Codjoe
The recent noise around GoldBod was packaged as accountability, but it arrived hollow. Allegations were fired rapidly, yet none were anchored in evidence. Dates were invented. Ownership was guessed. Certainty was performed. The result was not pressure on power, but embarrassment for those who mistook volume for verification.
In reality, Bawa Rock was founded by Alhaji Rashid Bawa, a former MP, former Minister, former Ambassador, and a senior NPP figure. He died on 14 March 2024. Yet the propaganda choristers built an entire narrative without factchecking.
And yes, the loudest version of the falsehood came from Akbar Yussif Rohullah Khomeini, a lawyer whose public interventions are confident, unverified, and repeatedly wrong. The claims were never ambiguous. They were false. February 2025 did not come from evidence. The Joyce Bawa Mogtari ownership claim did not come from proof. Both emerged from a desperate attempt to force a scandal onto the Mahama-led NDC government. When facts are treated as optional, falsehoods travel fast. When correction is resisted, credibility does not wobble. It collapses.
Ghana’s problems are serious. Our institutions are fragile. They do not need dud grenades tossed for applause. They need precision. They need restraint. They need people who understand that accountability is not theater.
Opposition is essential. Scrutiny is necessary. But criticism built on fiction discredits the critic before it ever touches the target.
In the end, spectacle fades. What remains is credibility. And credibility, once squandered, is not easily reloaded.
