Exasperated by recent events, former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has spoken out about the criminal investigation the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is conducting against him.
In a February 26 open letter, Mr. Ofori-Atta said he felt compelled to correct the record and characterized the situation as both perplexing and upsetting.
His response comes after a wanted notice against him was issued by the OSP and later withdrawn.
The Strategic Mobilization-GRA Contract, the termination of the ECG-BXC contract, payments pertaining to the National Cathedral, ambulance purchases, and the usage of the Tax Refund Account were among the financial transactions that were the subject of the investigation, according to the OSP.
The OSP subsequently verified that Mr. Ofori-Atta had formally conveyed intentions to return willingly in the face of mounting public attention.
He was consequently taken off the wanted list, but the office warned that if he didn’t come back as agreed, more legal action would be taken.
Mr. Ofori-Atta reflected on the circumstances and said he was confused by what was happening.
“I have been in the news recently in quite a dramatic manner. I thought it important that I share with you the facts surrounding recent events and news articles concerning me and Ghana’s Special Prosecutor. I am as puzzled and dismayed, as I suspect you must be.
“I was out of the country on January 24, for medical reasons, when the Special Prosecutor invited me to an in-person meeting for Feb 10, 2025, in connection with four “corruption and corruption related cases”. I was not the originating nor implementing Minister in any of these portfolios. I immediately responded through my lawyers, indicating my willingness to have them provide him with any information he may require to aid in his investigation, given that I will be out of the country for the next few months for medical reasons.
“The Special Prosecutor rejected the offer to meet with my lawyers, insisting on a firm date for my personal attendance. Instead on February 11th, my home was raided by armed National Security operatives. The Special Prosecutor remarked that I had staged the raid on my own home and, subsequently, launched an international campaign and declared that I was a wanted “fugitive from justice”
Source: newsthemegh.com