Dafeamekpor has responded to Gabby otchere Darko over his recent comment
The Majority Chief Whip in Parliament, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has cautioned that Ghana’s anti-corruption laws apply equally to individuals in both public and private capacities.
He has stressed that engaging in corruption leaves no one beyond the reach of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
In a response directed at New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko in a social media post on January 22, 2026, Dafeamekpor said the law establishing the OSP makes it clear that claims of acting as a private individual do not offer protection from prosecution.
“Gabby, let me answer you this way: The long title of the OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR ACT, 2017, reads as ff: “AN ACT to establish the Office of the Special Prosecutor as a specialised agency to investigate specific cases of alleged or suspected corruption and corruption-related offences involving public officers and politically exposed persons in the performance of their functions as well as persons in the private sector involved in the commission of alleged or suspected corruption and corruption-related offences, prosecute these offences on the authority of the Attorney-General and provide for related matters.”
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“So, it is immaterial whether or not you acted in a public or private capacity, if you engaged in corruption, the OSP law will bite you. It’s that simple….”
His comments come amid public discourse involving Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, Founder of the Africa Prosperity Network, who has stated that, despite being an NPP member, he has never held any political office while his party was in power.
“I never considered myself a politician. I was a strategist. I have never held a political office,” Otchere-Darko has said in a recent interview.
Gabby, let me answer you this way:
The long title of the OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR ACT, 2017, reads as ff:
“AN ACT to establish the Office of the Special Prosecutor as a specialised agency to investigate specific cases of alleged or suspected corruption and… pic.twitter.com/1Zw15Ba4c1
— Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, Esq. MP. (@etsedafeamekpor) January 22, 2026
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