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Minority Accuses Government of Plot to Destroy Special Prosecutor’s Office

The Minority in Parliament has accused the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) government of orchestrating a deliberate and coordinated campaign to dismantle the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), following a High Court ruling that stripped the office of its prosecutorial powers.

Date Created : 4/21/2026 : Story Author : Dominic Shirimori-Ghanadistricts.com

At a press conference on Tuesday, Alhassan Tampuli, Member of Parliament for Gushegu, alleged that a series of events since December 2025—including a repeal bill, a Supreme Court challenge, and the Attorney-General’s own legal submissions—point to a systematic effort to neutralize the anti-corruption body.

The NPP Minority Caucus said its media engagement was not merely to contest a court ruling but to expose what it called a “sustained campaign” by the NDC government to destroy an institution Parliament created to operate free from executive interference.

Tampuli noted that the events culminating in the April 15 High Court decision—which declared all OSP prosecutions null and void and awarded GH?15,000 costs against the office—were “not a spontaneous act of judicial reasoning” but the latest manoeuvre in a campaign stretching back to when the OSP first targeted an individual the NDC considers its own.

To buttress its claims, the Minority laid out a detailed timeline. It cited the December 3, 2025 detention of Martin Kpebu—described as an NDC ally by the OSP, followed on December 8 by a private member’s bill to repeal the OSP, which was withdrawn after President Mahama publicly called it “premature.” However, just days later on December 12, a suit was filed at the Supreme Court challenging the OSP’s constitutional basis. A coordinated petition campaign against Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng—15 petitions in total—was dismissed by the Chief Justice on January 26, 2026, for lacking prima facie cases.

The Minority further pointed to the Supreme Court’s January 27 decision denying the OSP the right to join the Adamtey suit, and the Attorney-General’s April 8 submissions arguing that Act 959 is unconstitutional. Then, on April 15, the High Court granted a quo warranto petition by Peter Achibold Hyde, stripping the OSP of prosecutorial authority and directing the Attorney-General to take over all cases. “The Attorney-General is defending the plaintiff’s case against the state’s own institution,” Tampuli said, calling the situation “constitutionally unacceptable.”

The Minority has issued four demands: that the High Court ruling be immediately challenged and stayed; that the Supreme Court expedite its determination in the Adamtey case; that the Attorney-General be summoned before Parliament to account for his position; and that President Mahama publicly clarify whether he supports the OSP or the campaign to destroy it. “He cannot continue to claim publicly that he supports the OSP while his own Attorney-General argues for its constitutional destruction in the Supreme Court,” Tampuli added.

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Minority Accuses Government of Plot to Destroy Special Prosecutor’s Office

Date Created : 4/21/2026 : Story Author : Dominic Shirimori-Ghanadistricts.com

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