OSP invites Martin Kpebu, media house over comments on Ofori-Atta case - Manasseh

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has reportedly invited private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu and Accra-based media house TV3 for questioning over comments made by the lawyer.

According to a post shared by investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni on November 18, 2025, the summons relates to remarks in which Kpebu alleged that the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, colluded to ensure that former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta left Ghana for the United States despite an ongoing investigation into financial irregularities during his tenure under the Akufo-Addo administration.

The Facebook post stated, “OSP invites Martin Kpebu and TV3 over allegations of corruption and that the OSP looked away while Ken Ofori-Atta left the country.”

Kpebu, who is also a prominent public commentator, had recently questioned the impartiality of the OSP during an appearance on TV3, suggesting that certain officials were undermining the institution’s mandate and enabling Ofori-Atta to evade accountability.

Reacting to the OSP’s October 30, 2025 press conference, which provided an update on its investigations into Ken Ofori-Atta and others regarding the SML contract, Kpebu argued that the OSP’s actions were insufficient and belated.

“It's a bit too little, too late because the main point still remains that he sat at the back and allowed Ofori-Atta to flee. I mean, that is the matter that OSP has to pay dearly for it because you sleep on the job and the suspect runs away, now you come with press conference upon press conference,” Kpebu earlier said.

According to Kpebu, the OSP has been “fooling” the public with its press conferences on Ofori-Atta, even though it watched on as the former minister left the country.

“It's lost a lot of trust. I don't know what he is going to do to reduce this. Ofori-Atta was walking here… To have sat down from December 2023 to December 2024 for NDC to win this election and then in January 2025, for Ofori-Atta to flee, and now you come and say you will do this, it doesn't cut (sic). It doesn't cut it.

“I feel like we've been fooled. The more this topic comes up, the more it beggars belief that OSP sat down and Ofori-Atta fled. Even if we eventually go and get Ofori-Atta, the trust that is eroded will never be restored because just as OSP sat as a duck, slept on the job, and then Ofori-Atta fled. So, all these things I’m not enthused,” he earlier lamented.

You must pay dearly for sitting down and allowing Ofori-Atta to 'flee' – Kpebu slams OSP

The invitation comes amid heightened scrutiny of the OSP’s handling of high-profile cases and ongoing public debate over the Special Prosecutor’s actions, transparency, and accountability mechanisms.

Meanwhile, further details regarding the specific allegations prompting the summons, or the scheduled date for questioning, were not disclosed in Awuni’s Facebook post.

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