Former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has described the recent brouhaha surrounding his matter pending before the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) as confusing and distressing.
The former minister says he feels frustrated over how the OSP had handled the matter.In an open letter dated February 26, 2024, Mr. Ofori-Atta said he had been in the news in a dramatic manner.
He was recently declared a fugitive and a wanted man, but the notice was later revoked by the OSP.
The OSP is investigating him for various financial dealings, including the Strategic Mobilisation-GRA Contract, ECG-BXC contract termination, payments related to the National Cathedral, procurement of ambulances, and the use of the Tax Refund Account.
Mr. Ofori-Atta in his remarks said “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”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
