Kissi Agyebeng, the Special Prosecutor, has replied to critics accusing him of incompetence and only thinking of dressing.
According to Kissi Agyebeng, persons calling for his dismissal are making personal attacks, complaining about his dressing.
Kissi Agyebeng highlighted that he was not in rags before being appointed as the Special Prosecutor.
He revealed he has been a lawyer since 2003 and has owned a law firm since 2014.
Speaking in an interview on The KSM Show, Kissi Agyebeng stated, “Some people are even complaining about my dressing, saying that I dress too much. I was rich before I became the special prosecutor.
I wasn’t in rags. I have been a lawyer since 2003 and a lecturer at the University of Ghana since 2006. I have had my own law firm since 2014, so this is not the work that would make me rich”, he said.
He added, “This work is rather making me poor. But I will do my best to ensure that when I am no longer in the position, Ghanaians will remember me. We have made the OSP so attractive and working so effectively, it is a household name now”.
Furthermore, Kissi Agyebeng has admitted that the Office of the Special Prosecutor was powerless under the former Akufo-Addo government.
The Special Prosecutor revealed that the OSP saw former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta leaving Ghana after the 2024 elections, but they were powerless.
According to Kissi Agyebeng, the OSP lacked the operational backing required to enforce any travel restrictions.
He clarified, “We didn’t watch him leave; we were powerless, that is the truth. We saw him leave, but we couldn’t prevent him from leaving the airport.
We don’t control the airport, we don’t control the exit point. Let’s face facts, before John Dramani Mahama was sworn in on 7th January, Nana Akufo-Addo was the president, who was his cousin.
Now we can rely on the Ghana Immigration Service to block someone, but at the time he left, you call up Immigration, no one will bother to respond to you”, he added.
He further added, “When he left, the President was Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo at the time he left. We were not getting the cooperation at the time from other security agencies”.
“National Security, no (cooperation at the time), situation is different now, National Signal Bureau, no, at the time, the situation is different now, National Intelligence Bureau, zero, at the time, the situation is different now, I mean the security set up was against the OSP, so we will not be able to perform our job, this was the situation,” he disclosed.