Ace sports broadcaster Dan Kwaku Yeboah has questioned the relevance of the Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) in the fight against corruption, describing it as yet another bureaucratic institution in the country.
Kwaku Yeboah holds that since its creation in 2018, the office has made no significant impact on the fight against corruption and that the office, in his view, is taking more from the country than it is giving.
Speaking on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo program, Kwaku Yeboah reasoned that the OSP was just established to fulfil a campaign promise and not to effectively deal with corruption.
He demanded an audit of the office, opining that it should be closed down if the audit establishes that the country has spent more on the office than it has gained from it.
“Ghana already has over 10 anti-corruption agencies, so is the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) truly necessary? Honestly, it seems redundant. Its creation was largely a political campaign promise, and it appears to be more of a political gesture than a vital institution.
“Let’s do an audit of the OSP and compare it with the recoveries the office has made for the country and see if there is value for money. The essence is to save the nation money, but we are wasting money,” he said.
Kwaku Yeboah, who was responding to the announcement by the Special Prosecutor that former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, is a subject of investigations into multiple corruption and corruption-related activities, questioned the timing of Kissi Agyebeng’s revelation.
Kwaku Yeboah, who did not hide his dissatisfaction with Kissi Agyebeng’s tenure as Special Prosecutor, suggested that he (Kissi Agyebeng) might be doing that to please the newly installed Mahama government.
“If President Mahama appointed a new Special Prosecutor and he was going after the likes of Ken Ofori-Atta, I would have no problem, but he (Kissi Agyebeng) has been in office and he’s saying it takes ten years to investigate.
“For the ten years that he has been investigating Ken Ofori-Atta, he never invited him until his government left power. Is he telling us he could not invite him because he was in power? I’m not defending Ken Ofori-Atta, but we have to question the relevance of the Special Prosecutor,” he said.
Speaking at a press briefing on February 12, 2025, Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng announced that Ken Ofori-Atta is now considered a fugitive.
He urged the former minister to return to Ghana immediately to face questioning, warning that failure to comply would result in legal measures to compel his return.
Agyebeng dismissed claims that Ofori-Atta had left the country for medical treatment, insisting that he must cooperate with ongoing investigations.
He also refuted reports that the OSP had raided Ofori-Atta’s residence on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, alleging instead that the former minister orchestrated the incident to mislead the public and discredit the investigations.
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