Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Thursday, February 13, 2025, the National Organiser of the NPP, Henry Nana Boakye (Nana B), slammed Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng for claiming that Ofori-Atta is telling lies about receiving medical treatment in the US.
He indicated that the lawyers of Ofori-Atta gave details of the hospital where Ofori-Atta is receiving treatment, which could be easily verified.
“On February 7, 2025, in a reply to the Special Prosecutor’s letter of February 5, Mr Ofori-Atta’s lawyer stated, ‘Please find the attached document indicating that our client is receiving attention at the Mayo Clinic in the US. It outlines his appointment and suggests a date after March when our client may be able to return to Ghana.’
“A date after March? March is just next month. The letter from Mayo Clinic stated that Mr Ofori-Atta was undergoing further testing and management, including possible surgical intervention in March 2025,” he said.
He added, “The hospital’s letter provided reliable contact information, a doctor’s name, the department name, a phone number, and a reliable email address. It was also stamped ‘Mayo Clinic Authentic Document,’ with a signature and a date.”
Background:
The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, on February 12, 2025, declared former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, a fugitive wanted for corruption and corruption-related offences.
Kissi Agyebeng, at a press conference in Accra, explained that he had to declare Ofori-Atta, who is currently outside Ghana, a fugitive because his actions showed that he never intended to return to the country to present himself to investigators of his office after several invitations.
Kissi Agyebeng said the medical excuse given to his office by the lawyers was just to ensure that he did not return to the country.
“The OSP is unconvinced that the purported medical letter transmitted by Mr Ofori-Atta through his lawyers to the OSP represents a medical report to the effect that Mr Ofori-Atta is incapacitated or is so sickly an invalid to the extent that he is physically unable to return to the jurisdiction without imperilling his life.
“No serious law enforcement agency would be convinced that the purported medical letter estops it from demanding the physical appearance of Mr Ofori-Atta before it in the described circumstances. And certainly not the OSP. We are of the firm conviction that it is only a ruse employed by Mr Ofori-Atta in aid of his intention to avoid his return to the jurisdiction and to personally answer questions in respect of the investigations,” he said.
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
