Captain Prince Kofi Amoabeng, a business mogul has weighed in on the brouhaha surrounding former Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta.
According to Captain Prince Kofi Amoabeng, it is unfortunate Ken is not coming back to Ghana to face his charges, he argued that Ofori-Atta is still innocent until proven guilty.
Speaking in an interview on JoyNews on Monday, January 19, 2026, Kofi Amoabeng stated, “Now, if we want to talk about the finance minister, until the state can prove that, yes, he did a few things here and there, which cost the nation something, he’s not guilty. The only unfortunate thing is that either he cannot come or he’s not coming,” he said.
“When UT Bank was collapsed, and they told me that they were going to investigate it, I said, okay, bring it on. And I was advised by people that, if you have to leave, I said, leave for what? I have nothing to fear about the system, and therefore I stayed,” he revealed.
Captain Prince Kofi Amoabeng asserted that Ofori-Atta’s absence from Ghana has created speculation, but warned Ghanaians against drawing conclusions.
He added, “The only difference is that he decided to leave, or he wasn’t well, therefore he left, and I’m not judging. If he had been here, probably he would have been able to clear himself, but staying away then brings people to all sorts of conclusions that you are running away from justice and all those things”.
“But I honestly don’t have any opinion on it. He was like a brother to me, and he’s still like a brother to me, and I don’t bear him any grudge. I certainly don’t hate him. I wish that God would help him and resolve the situation for him. I don’t bear grudges. I don’t hate people. It eats you up, so I’ve learned not to do that,” he added.
Also, Kofi Bentil, the Vice President of IMANI Africa, has said that a government appointees making bad decisions in government is not a crime.
According to Kofi Bentil, the bad decision becomes a crime if it can be proven that the decision was made to profit oneself corruptly and also caused financial loss to the State.
Speaking on the Key Points current affairs programme on TV 3 on Saturday, 17 January 2026, Kofi Bentil stated, “I have said publicly that any prosecutor who charges in a high-profile case like this with over seventy-eight charges is not serious.”
“I don’t think the charges are serious. Making bad decisions in government is not a crime unless we can prove that you made decisions to profit yourself corruptly, caused financial loss to the state, or you had intentions,” Kofi Bentil stated.
Kofi Bentil further added that Ken Ofori-Atta would like to return to Ghana but fears how he will be treated.
He added, “I know that Ken will love to come back, but he is apprehensive of how he will be treated because of the kinds of things that have been said and done in the past one year”.
“It is not about the charges he is afraid of, he is afraid of the treatment he will get…nobody is above the law, so Ken Ofori-Atta is not above the law. If, for some reason, he has to come and face whatever, Ambassador Smith says he thinks he will come and face it, but he is afraid of how he will be treated.
“I am saying that based on everything, his apprehension is that even though he is a sick man who has gone through all these surgeries and he is recuperating and whatever it is, he does not think that he will be treated well, like what Ambassador Smith is saying,” he stated.
He added, “My point is that if there is a way to try this man, go ahead and do it. We who are close to him think that what Ambassador Smith said is the truth. Ken would like to come, he is not above the law, not so we are not asking for special treatment, but what will it take for us to facilitate his coming so he will subject himself to these things”.
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