Bernard Mornah, a leading Convenor of Arise Ghana, has accused embattled Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta of causing a lot of economic miscarriage to Ghana.
According to Bernard Mornah, Ghanaians have died out of Ken Ofori-Atta’s harsh economic policies.
He claimed that former President Akufo-Addo has regretted that Ken Ofori-Atta misled him wth the domestic debt exchange.
Speaking during the Arise Ghana protest at the United States Embassy in Accra on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, Bernard Mornah stated, “Ken Ofori-Atta has caused a lot of economic miscarriage to our nation. He has devastated many people. People have died out of the harsh economic policies that he has brought”.
“President Akufo-Addo, on hindsight, has regretted that Ken Ofori-Atta misled him to go and bring what we call the domestic debt exchange. Ken Ofori-Atta lied to all of us that he was not going to go to the IMF if the electronic transfer levy bill was passed into an act. Soon after that bill was passed, Ken Ofori-Atta and the former president of Ghana speedily ran to the IMF.”
“That is economic in-service to the people of Ghana. Within Ken Ofori-Atta’s regime, we have seen that state resources were used for their personal gain, including taking COVID-19 resources and giving it to Enterprise Insurance and other companies that belong to them, without accounting for anything or without any beneficiary,” he added.
Bernard Mornah added, “The Office of the Special Prosecutor has listed about 78 charges against Ken Ofori-Atta. The Economic and Organised Crime Office has listed its own charges and above all, the National Investigation Bureau has also got its own charges against Ken Ofori-Atta.
“What it means is that multiple institutions have identified the impropriety of Ken Ofori-Atta’s office, and they are asking him to come to Ghana so that we can take him through a due process,” he lamented.
“And Ken continues in the United States to say that he is avoiding justice, and we want to indicate that the US, through the ambassador in Ghana, must ensure that Ken is returned to the princes of Ghana so that he can face justice, and the people of Ghana can judge for ourselves whether what he did is right or wrong.”
Meanwhile, the immigration case involving Ken Ofori-Atta, who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since January 6, 2026, was adjourned to April 27, 2026.
Ken Ofori-Atta appeared before a United States immigration court in Virginia on Tuesday, January 20, 2026. He was spotted wearing a dark shirt and a face mask during the hearing
His case was heard at the Annandale Immigration Court before Immigration Judge David Gardey.
The former finance minister was represented by his legal team, including Christopher Chaisson of Whiteford Taylor & Preston and Kwao Amagashi.
Ken Ofori-Atta is currently being held at the Caroline Detention Centre.
The hearing was a bond redetermination proceeding addressing his immigration status, following the revocation of his visa and related overstay/loss of lawful status issues.
It was initially set up as virtual (via Webex), attracting significant public interest with many attempting to join.
Due to the high public attention, Ofori-Atta’s legal team, led by U.S. counsel Christopher Chaisson, successfully requested that the proceedings be held in camera (private and closed to the public), and Immigration Judge David Gardey granted the request.
The court adjourned the case to April 27, 2026, with a direction for the U.S. government to provide evidence of any extradition application by February 19, 2026.
Ofori-Atta will remain in ICE detention at the Caroline Detention Facility in Bowling Green, Virginia, in the meantime.