The Office of the Special Prosecutor(OSP) has formally initiated the process for issuing an INTERPOL Red Notice, which could subject former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to international arrest and possible extradition.
The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, announced this at a press conference on Monday, June 2, 2025, following the expiration of an agreed date for interrogation.
In addition, the Office has re-listed the embattled former minister on its list of wanted persons and officially declared him a fugitive from justice.
Mr. Agyebeng declared that the OSP will deploy all legal means to secure Ofori-Atta’s return to Ghana.
He stated that the office will prefer criminal charges against Mr. Ofori-Atta in due course, either in absentia or otherwise.
Through his lawyers, Mr. Ofori-Atta in a letter dated May 28, 2025, informed the OSP that he has been diagnosed with cancer and will be unable to meet the June 2, 2025 deadline.
However, Mr. Agyebeng, has described Mr. Ofori-Atta’s behaviour is unacceptable.
“Mr. Ofori-Atta’s conduct is totally unacceptable and a baleful spite at law enforcement and criminal investigation. It ends here, it ends today. We will no longer accommodate him,” he said.
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