Dr Dickson Adomako Kissi, the former Member of Parliament for Anyaa Sowutuom, has told the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, to go to court and to stop the hullabaloo of getting Ken Ofori-Atta here in Ghana.
He emphasised that the Special Prosecutor should proceed to court and prosecute Mr Ofori-Atta if he has substantial evidence.
Speaking on Breakfast Daily on Channel One TV on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, Dr Dickson Adomako Kissi stated, “Go to court… prosecute or make your case in court, and maybe he is found guilty or acquitted. I think enough of the hullabaloo of getting him here. Go to court, he won’t be the first person who has been tried in absentia. Get your dockets sorted out and go to court if you have what you think is substantial or meritorious for prosecution”.
“Get your case intact, build it, and take it to court. He has lawyers in this country to deal with them, and enough of all this international noise and seeming to be doing something. I have observed very powerful prosecutors work in silence; enough of the charade”.
“I get troubled when people’s reputations are destroyed. To do all this ‘Interpol thing’ when in fact you have not gone through the necessary things,” he stated.
He further added, “This is a case where even the lawyers apparently proffered some solution to some of the questions you had, so then it begs the question, is it the in-person that makes a difference, or is it the answers that make the difference?”
“I have always been of the view that the Attorney-General’s office should be adequate if we truly want to prosecute criminals in this country. This, always adding on to one office to another office without actually doing the work, is getting tiring,” he added.
Also, Martin Kpebu, a private legal practitioner, has told the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to initiate a trial in absentia against former finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta.
Speaking in an interview on Joy FM, Mr Kpebu stated, “That’s how come for me, I said this is his [Ofori-Atta’s] country. He has some properties here, so let’s start. If we start and he doesn’t come, then the trial will go on without him.
“Let’s do the processes. Take the offer. Have you gone to Ofori-Atta to take his statement in America, and he says no? He says he will do it. So let’s do it. Then we can start the trial here,” he added.
He explained, “Article 19 clause 3 simply says that if you know there is a criminal case against you and you don’t appear, the trial can proceed in your absence”.
Meanwhile, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, the Deputy Attorney General, has revealed 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.