The Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Justice Srem Sai, has disclosed that the Attorney General’s Office has written multiple letters to the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), requesting access to the docket of embattled former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, as part of efforts to trigger his extradition from the United States of America.
According to him, these requests have yet to be fulfilled.
Speaking in a yet-to-be aired interview with Accra-based GHOne TV, Dr Srem Sai said the AG's office has taken the necessary legal steps to ensure that the law is followed in cases involving alleged financial misconduct, and that obtaining the relevant documents from the OSP is a critical part of the process.
“Mr Ken Ofori-Atta is the subject of several criminal investigations. I think the most well-known is the one being conducted by the OSP, which we are made to believe is at an advanced stage where extradition will be required. Indeed, the OSP has already put a Red Alert notice on him. But the INTERPOL alert is not an extradition procedure. If we really want the person to come, formal steps must be taken," the Deputy AG emphasised.
“I want to make this clear; we [the Attorney General’s Office] are the only authority that can initiate and make an extradition request, but we need the investigative docket from the OSP to do so. As of today, we still don’t have the docket, despite sending several requests, including written letters and formal demands,” Dr Srem Sai stated.
He disclosed that despite repeated attempts over the last two months to obtain the docket, the Attorney General’s Office has still not received a response from the OSP.
“It’s been two months, and we still have not received the docket from the OSP. Without the docket, you cannot approach the American authorities to initiate the extradition,” Dr Srem Sai said.
The request comes amid ongoing investigations into alleged financial irregularities linked to Ken Ofori-Atta during his tenure as Minister of Finance under the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration.
In January 2025, the OSP identified the former minister as a suspect in several corruption-related cases, including alleged irregularities in contracts with SML, expenditures linked to the National Cathedral project, and issues in health and tax refund operations.
He was first declared a fugitive from justice in February 2025 after failing to honour repeated summonses by the OSP. Ken Ofori-Atta’s lawyers later requested that his name be removed from the wanted list, promising he would return.
In June 2025, after he again failed to appear before the OSP on the agreed date, his fugitive status was reinstated, with the OSP indicating it would pursue extradition steps and maintain the Interpol Red Notice.
Ten months after being first declared a fugitive, Ken Ofori-Atta has neither been arrested in the US nor voluntarily returned to Ghana.
The Attorney General’s Department has written several letters to OSP, seeking Ken Ofori-Atta's docket to trigger his extradition from the US... - Dr. Justice Srem-Sai (Deputy Attorney General)
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