Andy Appiah-Kubi, a former member of parliament for Asante Akim North, has said the embattled former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta was too powerful when the NPP was in power.
According to Andy Appiah-Kubi, Ken Ofori-Atta was more powerful than even President Akufo-Addo.
Speaking on TV3 Keypoint, Andy Appiah-Kubi stated, “The man was too powerful; if you go, you will not get what you want. Ken Ofori-Atta was more powerful than even the president. The president will tell him to go and do this, but he will say it will not happen.
He came to our meeting and said I procured this victory for us that was the first time I stood up and said ‘My friend, what are you saying? I didn’t see your hand in Asante Akyem North, so if you help people procure victory. I did see you, and it cannot be the case that you, as a singular person, procured victory for us, and he sat back, and that was the beginning of my advocacy”.
In related news, Franklin Cudjoe, the founder and President of Policy Think Tank, IMANI Africa, has said former finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta wasn’t as wicked as suggested by the National Democratic Congress in opposition.
According to Franklin Cudjoe, Ken Ofori-Atta shouldn’t have been the finance minister.
He highlighted that Ken Ofori-Atta lacked a proper understanding of public finance.
Franklin Cudjoe explained that the former finance minister tried to dismantle a number of the structures in the public sector.
Speaking in an interview with Bola Ray on StarrChat, Franklin Cudjoe stated, “Some of the decisions taken by Ken, on hindsight, I think he shouldn’t have been the finance minister”.
“I don’t think that the claim that Ofori-Atta was wicked is right; his problem was that he lacked a better understanding of public finance. He tried to dismantle a number of the structures in the public sector.”
Also, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, a private legal practitioner and social activist, has shared new details about the release of embattled former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, from the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility.
According to Oliver Barker-Vormawor, his sources within the US Department of Justice have told him Ken Ofori-Atta was released on a $65,000 bond.
He further disclosed that Ken Ofori-Atta has been fitted with an electronic monitoring device on his ankle and can’t travel or move outside a defined parameter.
In a Facebook post on Friday, April 10, 2026, Oliver Barker-Vormawor wrote, “I have been looking a bit more into the whole Ken Ofori-Atta debacle.
And from what I am hearing from contacts within the US Department of Justice, he was released on a $65,000 bond.
The decision was based on health grounds, though he is being treated as a flight risk.
He has been fitted with an electronic monitoring device on his ankle; he can’t travel or move outside a defined parameter and is required to report regularly to ICE.
His next immigration hearing has been scheduled for 27th April.
What I still don’t understand is why the US authorities are sitting on Ghana’s extradition request. They received this 3 months ago. And the AG’s department has provided them with everything necessary.
The obstruction seems to be coming from the US State Department. I hope our Foreign Minister will ask them for answers.
Shalom”.
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