Alban Bagbin is the Speaker of Parliament
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has questioned the constitutional basis of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
According to him, the office was established as a statement of intent to fight corruption than as a constitutionally mandated office.
Speaking during a debate in Parliament on the effectiveness of the OSP, on Thursday, November 4, 2024, he noted that Ghana only created the OSP “to prove a point that it was prepared to tackle corruption.”
“If you recall during the deliberation on the OSP, a number of us stated on the floor of this House that it has no constitutional basis, but we wanted to signal to the world that we are going to fight corruption,” Bagbin stated.
The Speaker warned that continued funding of the Office without tangible results is unsustainable.
Kpebu to drag OSP before Mahama
“At the end of the day…we cannot continue to allocate huge sums to the same office when we are not getting the results. This is one of the agencies we should be looking at,” he remarked.
His comments follow the arrest and detention of private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu by the OSP.
Kpebu, accused of obstructing an OSP officer, had been invited on December 3, 2025, to assist with investigations into corruption allegations he had made against the Special Prosecutor.
Martin Kpebu recounts reason for his detention by OSP
He was arrested after an altercation with an officer, held at an undisclosed location and later granted bail with one surety in the form of landed property and was released hours later.
JKB/AM
Meanwhile, watch some videos from the NPP’s 2025 Constitution Amendment
