Kissi Agyebeng was my friend, but I never issued any directive to him – Godfred Dame

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Godfred Dame, a former Attorney General, has refuted claims of influencing the work of the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, during his time in office.

According to Godfred Dame, Kissi Agyebeng was my friend and still is, but he never issued any directive to him as Special Prosecutor.

Speaking on Joy News, Godfred Dame stated, “I appointed the Special Prosecutor, nominated him for appointment by the president in accordance with Article 195 of the Constitution. He was my classmate. I knew him very well. I trusted in his academic and professional abilities. He was my friend, and is still my friend”.

“Never once did I issue any direction to the special prosecutor, never at all. Never once did I write a single letter to him in my office,” he stated.

He added, “If you take a careful note, there was no instance in which there was a conflict between the Special Prosecutor and the Attorney General when I was in office”.

“He visited me twice as Attorney General, as a friend, and we discussed matters, social matters, and all”.

Godfred Dame added, “Indeed, he had demonstrated clearly that boldness of spirit to go after members of the NPP administration. But I was not bothered”.

“I even visited him when we came into opposition as a private legal practitioner when I represented Mr Paul Adom-Otchere”.

“There was no interference whatsoever, no attempt to use my office as Attorney General or the former Attorney General to influence him in any way,” he stressed.

“So when people make all kinds of statements, I think they do so without the benefit of history, and also, they do so in the absence of a very careful examination of the facts,” he added.

Meanwhile, Kissi Agyebeng, the Special Prosecutor, has revealed he has begun counting his days to leave the office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).

The Special Prosecutor asserted to persistent threats to the survival of the Office of the Special Prosecutor.

Speaking on the performance and public perception of the office, Kissi Agyebeng detailed, “They want an independent institution to fight corruption, separate from the Attorney General and more than 50 per cent, and with this, I take pride in it, of the majority of Ghanaians trust the Office of the Special Prosecutor more than any other institution to fight corruption. And with this, my job is done.

‘However, I have started counting down my days to when I depart as Special Prosecutor,” he said.

“When I become the former Special Prosecutor, I want to look back and say, civil society forged this office, and civil society preserved it. It is your handiwork, do not let it die,” Kissi Agyebeng stated.

“You recall what happened in 2025. Incidentally, it was our best year of performance. At the same time, it was our worst year of existential force,” he said.

“Why should Kissi and a few officers of the Office of the Special Prosecutor be the ones always fighting existential battles just to keep this office running? Had it not been the good-naturedness of the president, the office would have been scrapped by the end of December 2025, in violence,” he stated.

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