The High Court in Accra has ordered the Office of the Attorney General (AG) to take over all criminal prosecutions in the various courts that are being handled by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) after declaring its prosecutions as void.
The Court said, the OSP though has an investigative powers, it can only prosecute such outcomes in court the permission or authorisation from the AG as per article 88(4) of the 1992 Constitution.
Justice John Eugene Nyadu Nyante made these orders following an action challenging the prosecutorial powers of the OSP, which was granted with costs of GH¢15,000 slapped against the OSP.
The court’s ruling was based on the case titled GJ/0369/2026: The Republic vs The Office of the Special Prosecutor (on the Application of Peter Archibold Hyde).
StarrFM reported that, the orders of the Court means that, until the OSP secures the AG’s prosecutorial powers, it cannot prosecute cases.
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