Data Scientist and Policy Analyst, Alfred Appiah, has quizzed Dominic Ayine, the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, on why his office is prioritising Wontumi’s cases under the Operation Recover ALL Loots (ORAL) instead of the multibillion-dollar BoG cash printing allegations.
The Policy Analyst questioned why smaller cases like the $2M Sky Train project and Chairman Wontumi’s galamsey cases have received faster attention than multibillion claims tied to the Bank of Ghana’s past cash printing policy.
According to Alfred Appiah, Wontumi’s galamsey-related cases receive early attention while other cases with potentially much larger financial implications appear to be moving more slowly?
In a post on X, Alfred Appiah added, “We have been told that there is about $21 billion to be recovered through ORAL. That could fund government spending for more than a year. That naturally raises questions about how the Attorney General’s Department is prioritising its cases.
For example, how does the alleged $2 million Sky Train case become a priority over the multibillion-dollar allegations surrounding the Bank of Ghana’s cash printing? Or why does Wontumi’s galamsey-related cases receive early attention while other cases with potentially much larger financial implications appear to be moving more slowly?
It has been about 18 months since ORAL was launched, yet we are still waiting to see significant recoveries that can be directly attributed to it. Recoveries that would have occurred through the normal work of EOCO or other state institutions should not be presented as evidence of ORAL’s success”.
He further argued that the Attorney General’s Department has also not indicated how much it realistically expects ORAL to recover.
The Policy Analyst highlighted, “The Attorney General’s Department has also not indicated how much it realistically expects ORAL to recover. Without clear targets and timelines, it becomes difficult for the public to assess whether the initiative is delivering on its promise.
The public deserves more transparency on the prioritisation of cases, the value of assets targeted for recovery, the amounts recovered so far through ORAL itself, and the expected recoveries going forward!”.
Meanwhile, Dominic Ayine, the Attorney-General (AG) and Minister for Justice, has replied to critics defending the Mahama government’s Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) initiative.
According to the Attorney-General, his office had achieved unprecedented results in corruption-related prosecutions within a single year.
He argued that he is the first Attorney-General to have brought five corruption cases in one year to court.
Dominic Ayine further dismissed claims that the government was shifting attention away from the ORAL.
Speaking to journalists, the Attorney-General stated, “As for the threat of arming themselves and making the country ungovernable, I think I will treat it with the contempt it deserves”.
“But as far as this government is concerned, I want to reiterate that we will respect the rights and freedoms of every Ghanaian,” the Attorney-General added.
“You know, it’s very interesting when statements like that are being made that we are doing this because ORAL is failing. ORAL is not failing,” he declared.
He added, “Go back and check the record. I am the first Attorney-General in the history of the Fourth Republic to have brought five corruption cases in one year. Go back and check the records”.
“What is happening in court now is rather putting pressure on them because they know that I have been so diligent in my investigations. I have been so diligent in the prosecutions that they are afraid that their people will go down for the acts of corruption that they are engaging in,” he said.
“And so, the accusation that we are shifting focus away from ORAL is not something that I will pay heed to because ORAL is on track and ORAL is going to succeed,” Dr Ayine stressed.
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We have been told that there is about $21 billion to be recovered through ORAL. That could fund government spending for more than a year. That naturally raises questions about how the Attorney General’s Department is prioritizing its cases.
— Alfred (@CallmeAlfredo) July 1, 2026
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