Martin Kpebu, a private legal practitioner, has slammed the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, for sitting aloof and allowing the former Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta leave the country.
Lawyer Kpebu accused Kissi Agyebeng of being incompetent’ handling of Ofori-Atta extradition case.
Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr Kpebu stated, “The fact that Kissi sat on his hands and allowed Ofori-Atta to go out is the genesis of all of this problem. There was no way you could live in Ghana and not see that there would be a case against Ofori-Atta. The corruption was stinking all over.
Every time I sat on TV, I kept saying that we borrow, and Akufo-Addo and Ofori-Atta are becoming rich, they are taking our money.
Akufo-Addo and Ofori-Atta were taking our money; we could see. It was clear that Ofori-Atta and Akufo-Addo have questions to answer. So how Kissi could have sat down for Ofori-Atta to leave this country is what Kissi must answer. It shows incompetence — extreme incompetence,” he said.
Martin Kpebu further noted that after the 2024 election, NDC foot soldiers started calling for the closure of the airport, but the Special Prosecutor failed to act swiftly.
He explained, “After the elections, NDC foot soldiers started crying that ‘close the airports.’ When foot soldiers say close the airport, my understanding of it is that if you have any cases against these appointees, call them in. Arrest them and ask them to post bail.
Everybody knew from the fact that whenever we borrowed, Ken Ofori-Atta’s company, Data Bank, was making money. Everybody knew that. Ofori-Atta knew that he would have issues to answer, so I don’t understand how Ofori-Atta could have left this country without knowing that there was any case against him. And it was OSP that said they had never called him for any investigation.
So is it right that Ofori-Atta, when he was leaving, did not know that there was any single case against him. The more this topic comes up, the more it shows that Kissi wasn’t just up to the task on this Ofori-Atta case,” he added.
Martin Kpebu’s remarks come following Dr Justice Srem-Sai, the Deputy Attorney General, revealing that the Office of the Attorney General has still not received dockets from the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) for the extradition of former finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta.
According to Dr Justice Srem-Sai, the AG’s office has written multiple letters to the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), requesting more than two months now.
He revealed that the Attorney General’s Department is the only authority that can initiate and make an extradition request.
Speaking in a yet-to-be aired interview with Accra-based GHOne TV, Dr Srem-Sai stated, “Mr Ken Ofori-Atta is the subject of several criminal investigations. I think the most well-known is the one being conducted by the OSP, which we are made to believe is at an advanced stage where extradition may be required.
Indeed, the OSP has already put a Red Alert notice on him. But the INTERPOL alert is not an extradition procedure. If we really want the person to come, formal steps must be taken,” he said.
He further detailed, “I want to make this clear; we [the Attorney General’s Department] are the only authority that can initiate and make an extradition request, but we need the investigative docket from the OSP to do so. As of today, we still don’t have the docket, despite sending several requests, including written letters and formal demands”.
“It’s been two months, and we still have not received the docket from the OSP. Without the docket, you cannot approach the American authorities to initiate the extradition,” Dr Srem-Sai said.
Meanwhile, the OSP has come clean on the extradition of former finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta from the United States following the Deputy Attorney General, Dr Justice Srem-Sai’s remarks.
According to the OSP, they informed the Attorney General that their office was in the process of compiling the various dockets on Ken Ofori-Atta.
In a statement issued on Monday, October 20, 2025, the OSP detailed, “The Office considers it necessary to provide factual clarity on this matter, reaffirm the procedural steps already undertaken, and address security concerns arising from a recent leak of highly sensitive communications that pose grave risks to ongoing investigations and the safety of OSP personnel.”
“Mr Ofori-Atta, who left the jurisdiction in January 2025, has by his actions shown clearly that he is unwilling to voluntarily return to the jurisdiction to attend the OSP,” the statement read.
The OSP statement further added, “The Office has since successfully defended several applications filed by Mr Ofori-Atta in Ghanaian courts, in attempts to have his name removed from the List of Wanted Persons”.
“The Chief of Staff duly transmitted the OSP’s extradition request to the Attorney General on June 3, 2025. The process goes through the Attorney General because his department is the Central Authority for such requests under the Mutual Legal Assistance arrangement. By a letter dated June 13, 2025, the Attorney General informed the Special Prosecutor of the transmission by the Chief of Staff of the OSP’s extradition request,” the OSP said.
It clarified, “In respect of the request for a copy of the docket, the Special Prosecutor informed the Attorney General that the OSP was in the process of compiling the various dockets on the subject”.
The OSP maintained that it has “lawfully commenced steps to secure his extradition to Ghana under international legal and diplomatic frameworks”.