Martin Amidu, in a blistering attack on the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), warned the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government not to use public opinion to prosecute former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta.
In a lengthy statement, Amidu used historical examples—such as the premature deaths of Adamu Dramani Sakande (NPP) and Victor Selormey (NDC), who were both pardoned on health grounds—to warn against politically driven prosecutions.
He described these as “collateral damage within the political elite.”
He said that the current strategy used by the OSP, led by William Kissi Agyebeng, to issue an INTERPOL Red Notice against Ken Ofori-Atta, reflects a risky trend.
“The trial of former politically appointed public officers in the court of public opinion needs to stop and I will suggest that the NDC government begins with the Ken Ofori-Atta case to have him presumed innocent and tried only in a court of law,” he stated.
Amidu suggested that the Attorney-General use the authority granted by Article 88 of the Constitution to take over the matter from the OSP and give it to the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) or the Ghana Police Service for a “professional and impartial investigation.”
Failing to do so, he cautioned, would increase political division and could have consequences for national security.
“The Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959) does not override the provisions of Article 88 of the Constitution, otherwise it will be unconstitutional,” he emphasized.
Furthermore, citing political persecution and the possibility of an unfair trial under the current OSP, Martin Amidu suggested that Ken Ofori-Atta contest the INTERPOL Red Notice through the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL Files (CCF).
He denounced the actions of the OSP, asserting that the Special Prosecutor intentionally encouraged humiliation: “Before the SP, Kissi Agyebeng, started to humiliate Ken Ofori-Atta while he was already abroad, he knew that for four years the OSP could not get information… or cooperation to extradite [others] to Ghana pursuant to INTERPOL Red Notices.”
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
