Samuel Appiah Darko, the Director of Strategy, Research and Communications at the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), has said the Attorney-General (AG) has declined several requests from the office to collaborate on cases.
According to Samuel Appiah Darko, the OSP on several occasions approached the Office of the AG for cooperation, but their request was rejected.
He disclosed that although the OSP generally has a good working relationship with the Attorney-General and other stakeholders, there have been instances where its requests for case-specific collaboration were turned down.
Samuel Appiah Darko disclosed that several developments occur behind the scenes, but the OSP does not consider it necessary to make them public.
Speaking on JoyNews’ Newsfile on Saturday, August 29, Samuel Appiah Darko stated, “There are so many issues the OSP has kept quiet and not talked about. Look, there are instances where the OSP has approached the Attorney General’s office and said, let us collaborate in this matter, and we have been turned down.”
“When you are managing a state institution, a very sensitive one, it is not all the information you will come out to the public to talk about,” he noted.
He further rejected perceptions of a strained relationship with the Office of the Attorney-General.
“The reason why I have called on the show is to talk about these things. First of all, the issue that the OSP is not collaborating with the AG, I think that it is a wrong perception,” he said.
“Is that not obvious from your press conferences?” the host of the show, Samson Lardy Anyenini, asked him.
He replied, “I know that people think that there is tension between the AG and the OSP. There could be tension, but you cannot also deny the OSP from also telling Ghanaians about some of the things that it is doing, and it wants to do. For instance, if the OSP needs to respond to some information that has already been put in the public domain that may not be accurate and the OSP clarifies that, that does not mean that the OSP is breeding a fight or tension.”
In other news, KT Hammond, former Adansi Asokwa Member of Parliament and legal representative for former Power Minister Dr Kwabena Donkor, has fired shots at the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) over its decision to publicly name his client as a person of interest linked to the AKSA bribery Scandal.
According to KT Hammond, the Special Prosecutor’s approach is completely unprofessional.
He slammed the Special Prosecutor over his press conference, where he publicly announced names instead of directly inviting individuals they wish to question.
KT Hammond disclosed that neither he nor his client had received any communication from the OSP concerning the investigation.
He argued that should investigators require information from his client, they should formally invite him to assist with their inquiries.
The former MP disclosed that his client would make himself available for questioning but disagreed with the argument that the public interest warranted the naming of the individuals.
Speaking on Citi FM on August 26, 2026, KT Hammond stated, “What I deprecate is this habit of announcements on the radio and the press conferences. It’s completely unprofessional. I, the lawyer, haven’t been contacted. I’m not sure my client has been contacted”.
His comment follows, Kissi Agyebeng, the Special Prosecutor, who named former Power Minister Kwabena Donkor and four other Ghanaian officials as persons of interest in the AKSA bribery scandal.
The Special Prosecutor identified former Power Minister Kwabena Donkor; Francis Walkson Kwasi Dzafa, a former Technical Adviser to the Minister of Power; Solomon Adjetey Sowah, a Deputy Director; Lyndon Nii Mettle, Director of Tricorp Group Limited; and Baffour Ankomah Brobbey, an employee of Tricorp Group Limited, as persons of interest.
According to Kissi Agyebeng, the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) had been investigating the Ghana dimension of the case despite its public silence on the matter.
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