Martin Kpebu, a Private legal practitioner, has been released from the custody of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) on Wednesday, December 3, 2025.
According to reports, Lawyer Kpebu spent nearly five hours in the custody of the OSP.
News broke yesterday, December 3, 2025, that the Private legal practitioner had honoured an invitation to the OSP earlier that day to assist in investigations.
Mr Marcellinus Biah, one of the lawyers of Martin Kpebu, told News 360, the OSP officials charged Mr Kpebu with obstructing an officer of the Special Prosecutor.
He narrated, “ So, this afternoon at about two o’clock, we attended the invitation of the Office of the Special Prosecutor to assist them in investigations. So, while we were at the premises, Martin granted an interview outside the premises of the Office of the Special Prosecutor and returned. So, it appears that one of the officers, that is, the police officer at the gate, was not too happy with Martin granting an interview outside the premises of the Office of the Special Prosecutor. Martin actually told him that, no, there was nothing wrong with him granting an interview and subsequently attending to the inquiry.
He continued, “And so there was some amount of altercation between, verbal exchange between him and the officer. Thereafter, Martin proceeded to attend to the inquiry committee. So while we were, I mean, having discussions with the inquiry committee, in the course of that, they told Martin that he had actually obstructed an officer of the Special Prosecutor, and for that matter, he was going to be charged.
Meanwhile, let me be quick to add that when the altercation took place, Martin was the first to even request to make a complaint against the third officer. But we’re told that the complaint centre was not available to take our complaints. So, Martin proceeded to the inquiry board committee and presented a complaint before them.”
Mr Biah added that “He also insisted that the matter should be dealt with even before we could attend to the substantive matter. So we were quite surprised that in the course of the proceedings, the officers went down, up and down, came back and told us that Martin was under arrest because they had gone to investigate the matter that Martin was rather the one at fault. And for that matter, they were charging him with the offence of obstructing an officer of the Special Prosecutor.
That’s the charge. Yes. So eventually they said he was briefly admitted to bail. In addition to that, he was to present one surety. So, I quickly drove back to the office, which is just about 10 10-minute drive.
They whisked him away. As we speak now, we are unable to tell where Mr Kpebu is.”
Reports suggest Martin Kpebu could not be questioned by the OSP after he was arrested and remained in police custody.
The incident follows the ongoing back-and-forth between Martin Kpebu and the Special Prosecutor over his handling of corruption-related cases in the country.
Speaking to TV3 shortly after his release, Lawyer Kpebu stated, “I know I have not done anything wrong, so I knew I would be released”.
He revealed that his arrest stemmed from a verbal confrontation with a military officer stationed at the OSP.
Mr Kpebu recounted, “Then the next thing, the soldier said I am stupid, so I also turned and said he is also stupid, and so we exchanged words”.
“I know I have not done anything wrong, so I knew I would be released,” he stated.
“Then a colleague of his, another soldier, shouted that next time I do that, I will see. In Ghanaian English, ‘you will see’ means he will cause me some harm or there will be consequences, even if not physical.
So I turned and gave the same answer, he had no right. I’m not a suspect, and even if I was, could he do that? So I said he had no right”.
“Then the next thing I knew, he said I’m stupid. That’s what the soldier said. So I turned back and told him he is also stupid. We exchanged a few words, and then one of my lawyers pulled me so we could go in,” he said, adding that he would never attack any officer who had done nothing to him.