Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng has assured all petitioners that he will get the needed response to their petitions on corrupt cases in the month ahead.
Mr. Agyebeng, speaking in an interview, explained that correspondence to the petitioners slowed because he was putting his house in order concerning administrative works.
According to him, he has brushed up all the cases thus the required actions will be taken on them in October.
“I said something at my vetting that I was going to review every case. Every single case. From 5th August till now, I have been reviewing all the cases. I’ve reviewed all the cases and from October, we are going to start rolling them out.
“The cases cut across. Everybody in Ghana falls under our mandate in respect of corruption and corruption-related activities. It’s not only about the public sector,” he said.
He added that most of the petitions received were concerning the public sector with quite a number from the private sector including cases calling for the prosecution of their family heads and chiefs.
The Special Prosecutor assured all the petitioners that their concerns will be looked at and once a corrupt act is established, the perpetrators will be prosecuted by the laws of Ghana.
“Some of the petitions are very interesting that ordinarily, some people won’t think about. There’s a family head here. He’s dissipating proceeds from the sales of stool lands and these persons are tabling them but I must sound this; it is not every case that the OSP is mandated to tackle,” he indicated.
Mr. Agyebeng further revealed that plans are underway for the OSP to construct a forensic laboratory to carry out specialized and sophisticated scientific work.
He said the Special Prosecutor’s office will as much as possible be made independent and will not rely on other institutions to carry out its forensics.
Some Civil Society Organizations and individuals have cast doubt over the ability of the OSP to tackle corruption in society especially, considering the circumstances that surrounded the resignation of the first Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Abba Kwegyirba Aggrey
