{"id":183747,"date":"2024-05-19T01:39:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T01:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/19\/petition-against-osp-not-surprising\/"},"modified":"2024-05-19T01:39:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T01:39:49","slug":"petition-against-osp-not-surprising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/19\/petition-against-osp-not-surprising\/","title":{"rendered":"Petition against OSP not surprising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A private legal practitioner, Justice Srem Sai, says he\u2019s not surprised by the petition filed by former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu to remove current Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng from office.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on <em><strong>The Big Issue<\/strong><\/em> with Selorm Adonoo, on<strong> Citi TV\/Citi FM<\/strong>, May 18, 2024, Mr. Sai noted that any office set up to fight corruption must expect pushback, and therefore, the recent development is expected.<\/p>\n<p>The petition, submitted by former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu, to President Akufo-Addo for the removal of Mr. Agyebeng, cited several infractions as the basis for his removal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt did not come to me as a surprise that someone is seeking to remove the OSP from the office and that is from the background that any office which is set up to fight corruption, as we have casually put it on the street, corruption will fight back. I don\u2019t think this is peculiar to the special prosecutor\u2019s office but any other office that is set up to fight corruption should be ready to face some of these instances. So I\u2019m not surprised that there\u2019s a petition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the petition has sparked controversies with a private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, highlighting the possible implications of this petition.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU:\u00a0https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A private legal practitioner, Justice Srem Sai, says he\u2019s not surprised by the petition filed by former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu to remove current Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng from office. In an interview on The Big Issue with Selorm Adonoo, on Citi TV\/Citi FM, May 18, 2024, Mr. Sai noted that any office set up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":183748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Petition against OSP not surprising - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/19\/petition-against-osp-not-surprising\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Petition against OSP not surprising - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A private legal practitioner, Justice Srem Sai, says he\u2019s not surprised by the petition filed by former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu to remove current Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng from office. 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