The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), under Kissi Agyebeng, has formally charged former Ghana Finance Minister Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta for corruption-related offences as INTERPOL drops the embattled former Finance Minister from its Red Notice.
Accra High Court is set to hear a massive corruption case after the Office of the Special Prosecutor formally charged ex-Finance Minister Kenneth Ofori-Atta and seven others with seventy-eight counts ranging from wilfully causing financial loss to the state to procurement breaches. The charges stem from alleged irregularities during Ofori-Atta’s tenure at the Ministry of Finance.
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Sources close to the OSP revealed that the docket, running into hundreds of pages, includes evidence of questionable deals linked to the collapsed Databank-related transactions and certain COVID-19 expenditure lines. The prosecution claims the accused persons flouted the Public Procurement Act on multiple occasions.
Former Chief of Staff at the Finance Ministry, Ernest Darko Akore, who is currently outside the jurisdiction, has also been charged in the same case. The OSP has already initiated extradition proceedings through the Attorney-General’s Department to bring both Ofori-Atta and Akore back to Ghana to face trial.
Legal analysts say the sheer volume of the 78 counts is rare in Ghana’s recent anti-corruption history and could set a precedent for how high-profile financial crime cases are handled. A date for plea taking is expected to be fixed before the end of next week.
The development has reignited public debate about accountability at the top levels of the previous administration, with many Ghanaians watching closely to see whether the case will proceed without political interference.
