The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has disclosed that the trial involving former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is set to resume on Thursday, August 27, 2026.
The development follows the Supreme Court which unanimously ruled that the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has the constitutional authority to independently investigate and prosecute corruption-related offences.
The apex court, in a unanimous judgment delivered on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, dismissed the challenge and upheld the constitutionality of the OSP Act.
However, the Supreme Court ruled that the Attorney General retains the constitutional authority to discontinue criminal prosecutions initiated by the OSP through a nolle prosequi.
The OSP made a post on social media on Monday, August 10, announcing the resumption of proceedings.
It will be recalled that Ofori-Atta is facing 28 counts of corruption and corruption-related offences arising from investigations into revenue assurance contracts between the Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML) and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
Ken Ofori-Atta is standing trial alongside former GRA Commissioners-General Emmanuel Kofi Nti and Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah; former Customs Commissioner Isaac Crentsil; former Customs Commissioner Kwadwo Damoah; SML Chief Executive Officer Evans Adusei; and former Chief of Cabinet to Mr Ofori-Atta, Ernest Darko Akore.
Earlier, the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has said former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is still a fugitive from justice in Ghana.
According to the OSP, there is a valid warrant by the High Court for the arrest of Ken Ofori-Atta.
The OSP statement follows a US Immigration Judge David Gardey ruling that the OSP failed to present credible evidence linking Ken Ofori-Atta to any criminal wrongdoing.
Judge Gardey disclosed that the OSP submitted a 200-page affidavit which included more than 70 criminal counts against Mr Ofori-Atta, but found the evidence presented did not persuasively demonstrate that he committed wrongdoing as Finance Minister.
The US immigration judge made this known, explaining his decision to approve Mr Ofori-Atta’s permanent residency application.
According to the US Immigration Judge said, the OSP’s affidavit was “full of conclusory allegations” and did not provide “credible or reliable facts” showing that the former minister engaged in criminal conduct.
Reports suggest the judge’s comments were contained in his June 15, 2026 ruling, providing the court’s reasoning for why it found Ghana’s embattled Ken Ofori-Atta is deserving of immigration relief despite the corruption-related charges brought against him in Ghana.
The Judge is quoted as having said, “The lack of any persuasive evidence indicating any kind of criminal wrongdoing or criminal conspiracy involving the respondent in the OSP’s affidavit is powerful evidence”.
The Judge disclosed that while the allegations from Ghana described serious claims of corruption, the OSP had not provided sufficient evidence to support those claims.
Judge Gardey further revealed that Ofori-Atta had testified credibly and denied receiving anything of value from companies or individuals involved in the investigations, or benefiting personally from decisions he made while serving as a government official.
Reacting to the development, the OSP in a Public notice stressed that the credibility or otherwise of the criminal charges against Mr Ofori-Atta is a matter for determination by the courts in Ghana, which have jurisdiction to determine his guilt or innocence.
They added that such matters are not determined by an immigration court in the United States.
The OSP also disclosed once again that they are not involved in Ken Ofori-Atta’s immigration hearings in the United States.
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