Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has called for the immediate resignation of Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng, citing what he describes as a failure of duty and a breach of public trust in the handling of the high-profile Ken Ofori-Atta case.
Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express on Wednesday, monitored by Elvisanokyenews.com, Martin Kpebu disclosed that he had been invited by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). However, he emphasized that the invitation was not linked to any wrongdoing on his part
“So to be clear, I’m not being investigated for any offense, but rather I’ve made some comments which he thinks I should come and clarify. Putting it bluntly means they want some evidence to back that, to help a corruption fight.”
According to him, the most critical of those comments relates to what he believes should have compelled the Special Prosecutor to step down.
He explained that Mr. Agyebeng, on November 5, admitted to intercepting a letter written by former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to both the incoming and outgoing Chiefs of Staff before his travel. The Special Prosecutor reportedly approached the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), National Security, and the Ghana Immigration Service for assistance but received none.
“What are those comments I’ve made? Number one, and that’s the most salient, and that’s something that by now the Special Prosecutor himself, the SP, should have resigned. That is the fact that he finally came to confess, I think on the 5th of November, that before Ofori-Atta traveled, he, Kissi Agyebeng, intercepted the letter Ofori-Atta wrote to both the incoming Chief of Staff and the outgoing one.
“He said he intercepted the letter, then he ran to NIB, didn’t get help, ran to National Security, didn’t get help, and ran to Immigration and didn’t get help. It’s a big indictment on these institutions. We’ll come to that; that’s a separate argument.”
According to him, the Special Prosecutor’s conduct demonstrates a lack of proper judgment, especially given his previous willingness to hold major public briefings.
“But worst of all, it didn’t occur to him, the man who had done the Ankwanoma press conference, it didn’t occur to him that he should blow the whistle, that is, inform the people of Ghana through a presser, through a press conference.”
Martin Kpebu maintains that the actions of the Special Prosecutor in the matter raise serious questions about transparency, institutional responsibility, and the integrity of the nation’s anti-corruption framework.
Source: Elvisanokyenews.com
