I am puzzled and dismayed – Ofori-Atta speaks on his probe by OSP
Former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has has broken is silence about the Office of the Special Prosecutor’s (OSP) criminal probe of him, expressing his displeasure with the latest events.
In an open letter dated February 26, Mr. Ofori-Atta expressed his need to correct the record and characterized the situation as both perplexing and upsetting.
His reaction comes after he was the subject of a wanted notice issued by the OSP that was later withdrawn.
According to the OSP, the inquiry concentrated on a number of financial transactions, such as the Strategic Mobilization-GRA Contract, the termination of the ECG-BXC contract, payments for the National Cathedral, ambulance purchases, and the usage of the Tax Refund Account.
Subsequently, the OSP confirmed that Mr. Ofori-Atta had officially communicated plans to return voluntarily.
Consequently, he was removed from the wanted list, though the office cautioned that failure to return as promised would result in further legal action.
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,” a report by citinewsroom.com quotes Ofori-Atta as saying.
He added “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”
