Ken Ofori-Atta declared wanted by OSP

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has declared former Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta wanted for corruption-related offences.

The OSP says the former Finance Minister is a suspect in the SML contract scandal, the procurement breaches in the stalled National Cathedral project and two other high-profile cases.

Addressing the press today Tuesday, February 12, Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng says Ken Ofori-Atta has been evading investigation.

He declared the former Finance Minister a fugitive of justice for refusing to honour several invitations with the excuse that he was out of the country indefinitely for medical treatment.

The OSP indicated their investigation that the Finance Minister is ill and cannot honour its invitation coupled with a purported medical letter is just a ruse. He added that the medical letter is intended for him not to report voluntarily.

The OSP has asked the former Finance Minister to voluntarily report himself or be forced back to face investigation.

Kissi Agyebeng also debunked reports that the OSP sent military men to raid Ken Ofori-Atta's house on Tuesday, February 11.

According to him, intel reveals that the purported raid is an imposter action to derail its investigation.

He added that the former Finance Minister staged his raid to discredit its investigation and to court public sympathy.

Ken Ofori-Atta and other former government officials are being investigated by the OSP for criminal conduct.

Source: ModernGhana