A leading member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Kwame Jantuah, has dropped a bombshell regarding Ghana’s embattled former finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.
According to Kwame Jantuah, Ken Ofori-Atta’s return to Ghana could implicate others.
Lawyer Jantuah asserted that Ken Ofori-Atta’s return might implicate his cousin, the former President Akufo-Addo, and other high-profile people.
Kwame Jantuah is quoted by GHOne TV to have said, “I foresee Ken Ofori-Atta’s return implicating many high-profile people, including former President Akufo-Addo”.
His comments follow Ken Ofori-Atta’s refusal to come back to Ghana to face his corruption-related offences.
In related news, Victor Emmanuel Smith, Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States of America, has revealed a phone call he received from Ken Ofori-Atta’s cousin, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko.
According to Ghana’s Ambassador to the US, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko told him the former finance minister wants to return to Ghana but fears how he would be treated.
Speaking on TV3’s The KeyPoints on January 17, Ghana’s Ambassador to the US stated, “Gabby called me and said Ken wants to come, but he is afraid of how he will be treated”.
” So I told him I wanted to meet Ken and give him the assurance that he will be taken through the legal process, because the Attorney-General, Dr Ayine, gave me that assurance,” Ambassador Smith said.
Meanwhile, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, has said he is hopeful an extradition process will soon be initiated to return former finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta to Ghana.
According to the AG, the American authorities are handling the process, and he does not have control over what happens with the Justice Department in the US, but he is hopeful.
The Attorney General further disclosed that he received briefings from US officials after Ken Ofori-Atta’s immigration status hearing.
Speaking to the media on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, Dr Ayine stated, “The American authorities are handling the process, and they are handling it in accordance with American law. So far, I don’t find anything wrong with what has taken place”.
“I’ve had reports from the United States regarding what has happened and what may happen, but these are confidential discussions, and I’m not supposed to talk to the media about what they have briefed me on,” he said.
He added, “What is happening now is in relation to immigration law violations. That is separate and distinct from the extradition request. If it was put before the immigration judge that there’s an extradition request, he wants a formal filing before him. So the Justice Department would have to do that before a decision is taken”.
“I don’t control what happens with the Justice Department in the US, but I am very hopeful, extremely hopeful, that this will go through for Ken to come back to Ghana,” he added.
The Attorney General’s comments follow, a US Judge, David A Gardey, presiding over the case of Ghana’s Finance Minister, who has requested proof of Ken Ofori-Atta’s extradition request from the US federal government following the closed-door immigration hearing on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
The state attorneys opposed a bond application, known as a bail application in Ghana, for Ofori-Atta, arguing that Ghana has submitted an extradition request for him.
The Judge, however, declined to make an immediate determinationadding that no documentary evidence had been presented to support the assertion.
Judge David A Gardey directed the federal government to file any evidence of an extradition request on or before February 19, 2026.
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I forsee Ken Ofori-Atta's return implicating many high-profile people, including former Pres. Akufo-Addo… – Kwame Jantuah Esq. (Member, CPP)#GHOneNews #EIBNetwork #GHOneTV #NewsAlert #GHToday pic.twitter.com/qdmAgnZV5y
— GHOne TV (@ghonetv) January 21, 2026