Martin Kpebu is a private legal practitioner
Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has been released after spending nearly five hours in the custody of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) on Tuesday, December 3, 2025.
He was detained on allegations of obstructing an officer of the OSP.
Speaking to TV3 shortly after his release, Kpebu described the detention as unwarranted, insisting he had committed no offence.
“I know I have not done anything wrong, so I knew I would be released,” he stated.
Kpebu confirmed that the events leading to his arrest stemmed from a verbal confrontation with a military officer stationed at the OSP.
According to him, the officer verbally abused him, prompting a heated exchange.
“Then the next thing, the soldier said I am stupid so I also turn and said he is also stupid and so we exchanged words,” he recounted.
Kpebu has in recent weeks intensified his criticism of the Special Prosecutor, accusing him of contradicting himself in matters involving former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta.
On TV3’s The KeyPoints on November 29, 2025, he insisted that the OSP’s claim that the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) refused to assist in the attempted arrest of Ofori-Atta had been exposed as untrue.
“The head of an anti-corruption agency cannot lie to citizens, run down state institutions without evidence, and still expect to hold office. If this was a slip, he should have admitted it. The fact that he keeps defending it shows it was deliberate,” he said.
He said he independently checked the OSP’s assertions by speaking to current and former NIB officials, and none confirmed receiving a request.
He also pointed to a written response from the NIB dated November 27, 2025, which said plainly that the Bureau “did not receive any formal request for assistance to arrest Ofori-Atta.”
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