Raphael Mensah, the individual wanted by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) for his alleged involvement in a corruption-related offence, has returned to Ghana and surrendered to authorities. Mensah, who was abroad when a wanted notice was issued for him on 8 July 2025, appeared in court today and was granted bail under strict […]
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has filed criminal charges against seven individuals and three companies, including the former CEO of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Mustapha Abdul-Hamid. This is over a sprawling extortion and money laundering scheme involving over GH¢280 million. In a statement issued on Thursday, July 17, the OSP detailed the charges, which […]
Prof Mrs Angela Ofori-Atta, wife of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, has assured Ghanaians that her husband has no intention of obstructing or delaying investigations into allegations of corruption levelled against him. Speaking in an interview with Joy News on Monday, 16th June 2025, Prof Ofori-Atta stated that her husband is prepared to engage fully […]
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has once again declared former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta a wanted person, effective today, June 2, 2025. This decisive action follows his failure to appear in person at the OSP’s headquarters by the stipulated deadline, violating an earlier agreement that saw his temporary removal from the wanted list. […]
Sources close to former Finance Minister Kenneth Ofori-Atta have confirmed that he will not be physically present in Ghana on June 2 to appear before the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) as previously agreed. This, they explain, is due to an unexpected deterioration in his health condition. According to Frank Davies, this development has […]
Former Finance Minister Mr Ken Ofori-Atta has filed a lawsuit against the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) and its head, Kissi Agyebeng, accusing them of unlawfully declaring him a wanted person. The lawsuit, submitted to the Accra High Court on Thursday, March 13, 2025, seeks compensation and a declaration that the OSP’s actions infringed […]
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has brought charges against six individuals at the High Court in Tamale, Northern Region, for offences relating to payroll fraud and corruption. The accused—Yakubu Tahidu, Abdulai Abukari Sadic, Sammy Suuk, Mohammed Yusif Jay, Stafford Korletey Azudey-Barres, and Osman Issahaku—face 17 counts of corruption, alleged to have caused financial […]
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has withdrawn all its legal actions against former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah. The cases withdrawn by the OSP include an application for a conformation order to continue to freeze the assets of the former Minister, and the criminal case by the OSP, accusing […]
The High Court in Accra has adjourned to February 1, 2024 the case in which former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, and her husband, Daniel Osei Kuffuor, filed an interlocutory injunction against the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) for seizing and freezing their accounts and assets. Ms Dapaah, who is fighting the OSP against […]
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has disclosed that as of September 2023, there a total of 249 professionals undertaking various roles in his office compared to just one staff who was in the payroll in August 2021, when Kissi Agyebeng started work as the Special Prosecutor. “I am delighted to share that, as […]
A request by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) for the Chief Justice to remove Justice Edward Twum from the Cecilia Dapaah case has been rejected. The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) had filed a petition, arguing that the High Court judge, Justice Edward Twum had shown bias against the OSP and wanted […]
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) says it disagrees with the High Court in Accra’s order for the OSP to return Cecilia Dapaah’s seized money. The High Court in Accra on Tuesday, Aug 31 dismissed the OSP’s application seeking to continue freezing the bank accounts and assets of former Minister of Sanitation and Water […]
