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Frank Davies, a lawyer for embattled former Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta, has told the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to go ahead and charge his client and stop the long talks and gimmicks.
According to Frank Davies, his client Ken Ofori-Atta is not afraid of prosecution.
Speaking in an interview on October 31, 2025, Davies dismissed the OSP, stating, “Coming to narrate and talk long and needless English is a conviction in itself. He (the Special Prosecutor) says he’s going to charge him (Ofori-Atta); he should go ahead and stop this gimmicking.
Come on, is this the first time the OSP has come out to say something about Ken Ofori-Atta?” he quizzed.
Frank Davies further recounted, “Once upon a time, what did he tell us? That Ofori-Atta should either come to this country, or he would force his entry. I mean, come on,” he said.
Frank Davies further highlighted that Ofori-Atta is not afraid of prosecution and that he is ready to meet the OSP in court.
“Let me tell you, Kenneth Nana Yaw Kuntunkununku Ofori-Atta is not afraid of prosecution. Let the car roll for the OSP; the accused person will have his vehicle. So, let’s stop these theatrics, A lawyer’s place is in the courtroom, not behind microphones”, he indicated.
His comments come on the back of the OSP naming former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta as the chief patron, supporter, and promoter of the SML deal.
In a detailed press briefing, Kissi Agyebeng revealed that the SML (Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited), which aimed to provide revenue assurance services in the petroleum, mining, and liquid bulk distribution (LBD) sectors, lacked a legitimate operational requirement.
According to Kissi Agyabeng, both Ofori-Atta and SML management were criminally minded in their operations.
He emphasised that the OSPs’ investigation established that the SML contract was not grounded in any genuine operational need, adding that the payment made to SML was a misuse of public funds.
Kissi Agyabeng, addressing a press conference on Thursday, October 30, revealed that the Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) lacked both the tools and technical competence to execute the audit and revenue assurance services that it was contracted to perform for the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
He highlighted that the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) uncovered glaring statutory breaches, conflicts of interest, and unjustified payments.
Speaking to the media, he stated, “There was no genuine need for contracting SML for the work it purported to perform”.
Kissi Agyabeng described the SML agreements as blighted by statutory breaches.
He added that the GRA failed to submit the full agreements between SML and its third-party collaborators, “GRA failed to submit the agreement between SML and other parties, such omissions violated public procurement and governance protocols”.
Meanwhile, Kissi Agyebeng has revealed his outfit seeks to recover ₵125 million from the controversial revenue assurance contract between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and SML (Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited).
Kissi Agyebeng also revealed he will press charges against the individual implicated in the controversial revenue assurance contracts between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) by the end of November 2025.
The Special Prosecutor named, former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, former Commissioner-Generals of the GRA — Rev Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah and Emmanuel Kofi Nti, also GRA officials, Isaac Crentsil, and Kwadwo Damoa. A former member of the Finance Ministry, Ernest Akore, are expected to be charged before the end of November 2025.