Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare, a legal practitioner and scholar, has schooled Enayat Qasimi, a US lawyer representing former Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta.
According to Kwaku Azar, Akufo-Addo, Dr Bawumia, and a long list of ministers from the same administration are freely roaming the country with no prosecution.
Kwaku Azar highlighted that Ken Ofori-Atta has been charged together with several others, which is the textbook opposite of a political witch-hunt.
He explained that political prosecutions isolate political opponents and do not bundle politicians and private actors into an alleged wrongdoing.
Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare quizzed Ofori-Atta’s ‘top-notch’ US lawyer on what exactly is ‘political’ in his case, being pursued by a Special Prosecutor appointed by the government he was a part of.
In a Facebook post on December 24, 2025, he wrote, “On Christmas Eve, we are being told that Oga is “fully committed to complying with the laws of Ghana” while remaining outside the jurisdiction, sidestepping lawful processes, and subcontracting accountability to BBC interviews.
That alone would be funny if it weren’t tragic. Accountability is not a podcast. It requires presence, process, and submission to jurisdiction.
Then comes the punchline: “political motivation.”
Political by whom?
The case is not being driven by an opposition Attorney-General or a new government seeking revenge.
It is being pursued by a Special Prosecutor appointed by the previous government.
You are charged together with several others, including private individuals and entities, on allegations of corruption, abuse of office, and violations of public revenue and procurement procedures.
That is the textbook opposite of a political witch-hunt. Political prosecutions isolate political opponents; they do not bundle politicians and private actors into the same factual matrix of alleged wrongdoing.
When a case is framed around procurement structures, revenue flows, contracts, and institutional processes, and sweeps in actors without political profiles, the claim of persecution starts to look less like analysis and more like theatre.
Meanwhile, the former President, former Vice-President, and a long list of ministers from the same administration are freely roaming the country, giving interviews, attending events, living openly. None claims persecution. None is abroad pleading victimhood.
So what exactly is “political” here?
It seems more of a fallback slogan than a serious argument.
You cannot be selectively absent, cry foul from overseas, and still demand the moral high ground.
If the process is defective, the Constitution provides a remedy: come home, go to court, and challenge it. Political motivation is not proven by press releases and foreign interviews; it is tested through lawful engagement.
On Christmas Eve, this story belongs where it fits best: comedy”.
His post follows, Enayat Qasimi, who claimed his client is fully committed to the laws of Ghana and is fully committed to answering for anything he did as Ghana’s finance minister.
He, however, claimed the case against his client is politically motivated and not being given the rights that he’s guaranteed under Ghanaian law.
Speaking during an interview with the BBC shared on YouTube on December 24, 2025, Enayat Qasimi said, He’s committed to fully complying with the laws of Ghana, and he’s fully committed to answering for anything that he did when he was Finance Minister. There’s absolutely no question about that. The question is, is he being given the rights that he’s guaranteed under Ghanaian law? He’s not. He’s never been”.
“Ofori-Atta was receiving treatment in the US. They knew this all along. There was no purpose for issuing the red notice, but they went ahead and issued it,” he said.
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