- Martin Kpebu has criticised Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyabeng for delaying action in the Ken Ofori-Atta corruption case
- He accused the OSP of allowing the former Finance Minister to flee Ghana despite early warnings
- The OSP said fresh charges will be filed over alleged corruption in GRA and SML contracts
Private legal practitioner and social commentator Martin Kpebu has slammed the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyabeng, over his handling of the corruption-related investigation involving the former Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.
Speaking to Channel One TV, the private legal practitioner claimed that Agyabeng, who heads the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), failed to take swift action on the former Finance Minister when reports of his alleged shady transactions in the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) first came to light.
He further accused the OSP and its leadership of “sleeping on the job”, allowing Ken Ofori-Atta ample time to abscond from the shores of Ghana.
“It’s a bit too late, too late because the main point still remains that he [Kissi Agyabeng] sat back and allowed Ofori-Atta to flee. I mean, that is the matter OSP has to pay dearly for because you slept on the job and the suspect runs away, now you come with press conference upon press conference,” he said.
Martin Kpebu made these remarks while responding to the OSP’s press conference on Thursday, October 30, 2025, where the Special Prosecutor provided updates on the investigations into Ken Ofori-Atta and others in the GRA/SML contract.
Kpebu says OSP’s actions erode public confidence
According to Mr Kpebu, the actions of the Special Prosecutor regarding the former Finance Minister’s case are eroding public confidence in the OSP.
“It’s lost a lot of trust. I don’t know what he is going to do to recover it. Ofori-Atta was walking here… to have sat down from December 2023 to December 2024 for the NDC to win the elections and then in January 2025, for Ofori-Atta to flee, and now you come and say you will do this—it doesn’t cut it, it doesn’t cut it,” he further stated.
“Even if we eventually go and get Ken Ofori-Atta, the trust that is eroded will never be restored because just as the OSP sat like a duck, slept on the job, and Ofori-Atta fled. So, all these things, I’m not enthused,” he added.
OSP’s presser on Ofori-Atta’s case
The OSP, in its press conference on October 30, indicated that new corruption charges will be filed against Ken Ofori-Atta and others.
According to the Special Prosecutor, the charges are related to corruption in the revenue assurance contracts between the GRA and SML.
The Special Prosecutor claimed that contracts awarded to Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited were unlawful and influenced by personal gain.
Ofori-Atta’s lawyer react to OSP’s press conference
Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh reported that the OSP announced plans to file corruption charges against former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and others in November.
The charges relate to questionable contracts between the Ghana Revenue Authority and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML).
Ofori-Atta’s lawyers claimed he is not afraid of prosecution and will return to Ghana if officially charged.