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12 Aug

How can Kissi Agyebeng vindicate Mahama, when the issue is international? Wontumi quizzes OSP

Evans ManassehNewsChairman Wontumi, Kisi Agyabeng, NPP, OSP

The Ashanti regional chairman for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Bosiako, widely known as Chairman Wontumi has questioned the recent judgement of the Office of the Special Prosecutor(OSP), Kissi Agyebeng regarding the airbus scandal. According to the regional chairman, the special prosecutor may not be best suited to exonerate former president, John Dramani Mahama due to the International nature of the matter. The office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has declared Mr. Mahama not guilty of the airbus procurement scandal. At a press conference in Accra on last Thursday, he said there is no evidence to suggest that…

09 Aug

NPP Exposes NDC’s Blatant Hypocrisy Over OSP Dodgy Verdict On Airbus Bribery Scandal

Evans ManassehNewsAirbus Bribery Scandal, NDC, NPP, OSP

In a stunning display of hypocrisy, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been caught contradicting itself on the credibility of state institutions. On Thursday, during a press conference, the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) named former President John Dramani Mahama as “Government Official 1” in the Airbus bribery scandal, but found no evidence of him receiving bribes. However, Justin Frimpong Kodua, General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), highlighted this hypocrisy in a Facebook post. He expressed delight in seeing the NDC acknowledging the functionality and credibility of state institutions but questioned their sincerity. The NPP Scribe, Justin…

09 Aug

US and UK authorities have found Mahama culpable in the Airbus bribery saga, what is the OSP talking about here? – Owusu-Bempah

Evans ManassehNewsAirbus saga, OSP, OWUSU BEMPAH

My attention has been been drawn to the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP)'s media Statement earlier today, on its concluded investigations into the Airbus corruption saga, It is quite instructive to note that the OSP has confirmed former President John Mahama as the individual referenced as 'Government official one' in the Airbus bribery scandal, but went ahead to clear him of any corruption and corruption related offences. According to the OSP's own conclusion, Mahama is the government official one mentioned in the UK and US Court documents; "The individual described as Government Official One by the UK court and…

20 May

Should I Feel Frustrated and Resign? – Kissi Agyebeng on His Impeachment

Evans ManassehNewsKissi Agyabeng, OSP

The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng is being impeached nearly three years after President Nana Akufo-Addo appointed him to replace the former prosecutor, Martin Amidu who actually filed the petition to the President for Agyebeng to be impeached. The Special Prosecutor in a press conference on the matter asked if he should feel frustrated and resign from office following that, some government officials are of the view that he is not performing his functions well. Taking it back, the Special Prosecutor is to face impeachment because, his predecessor, Martin Amidu filed a petition to the President asking for Agyebeng to be impeached because…

17 Jan

Cecilia Dapaah’s Application To Stop OSP From Freezing Her Accounts Adjourned To February 1

Evans ManassehNewsAccounts, adjourned, Application, Cecilia Dapaah, February 1, OSP

Former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Dapaah’s application seeking to restrain the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) from continuing to freeze accounts and seize cash recovered from her Abelemkpe residence has been adjourned to February 1, 2024. The OSP froze the former minister’s Prudential Bank and Société Générale bank accounts after huge sums of money were recovered from her home during a search. On August 31, 2023, the High Court in Accra ordered the OSP to return the $590,000 and GH¢2.73 million seized from Cecilia Dapaah’s home within seven days. In response, the OSP disagreed with the court’s ruling and requested the Human Rights Court to permit…

13 Dec

We Don’t Need OSP To Fight Corruption – Speaker Bagbin

Evans ManassehNewsOSP, Parliament, Speaker Bagbin

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has described the creation of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) as an ineffective measure in combating corruption. According to him, the OSP as established by law, would not yield any substantial results in the fight against corruption. Speaker Bagbin reiterated this during the consideration stage of the “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2022” on the floor of parliament yesterday. This was after the chairman of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi opposed a further proposed amendment for the prohibition of marriage or sexual intercourse…

16 Oct

OSP Unfreezes 5 Bank Accounts Of Cecelia Dapaah; Others Still Frozen

Wontumi1NewsCecilia Abena Daapah, Corruption, OSP

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has revoked the freezing order for five bank accounts of the former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Dapaah. However, other bank accounts and financial assets of Ms Dapaah are still under the freezing order. The OSP made this known in a press statement issued on Monday, October 16. “On 16 October 2023, the Special Prosecutor revoked the freezing order in respect of the eliminated five (5) bank accounts of Ms. Dapaah.” “The freezing order is still in force and effect in respect of the other bank accounts and financial assets of Ms Dapaah.” The Office…

11 Oct

FBI Joins OSP’s Probe Of Cecilia Dapaah’s US Assets

Wontumi1NewsCecilia Dapaah, FBI, OSP

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has joined the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) in a synchronized effort aimed at delving deep into the matters of former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah. Their joint investigation will touch on assets and financial transactions tied to Ms. Dapaah within the US. This was revealed in a statement by the Special Prosecutor indicating that his outfit "and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) @USEmbassyGhana have initiated concurrent inquiries into the activities of Cecilia Abena Dapaah, the former Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, and her associates.” This cooperative crusade seeks to unravel the…

09 Oct

I Have No Real Estate Business – Cecilia Dapaah Insists

Wontumi1NewsCecilia Abena Dapaah, court, OSP

Former Sanitation and Water Resources Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah has refuted allegations by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) that she has an undeclared real estate business. According to her, the OSP has not provided any evidence of that claim. The court document filed by the Office of the Special Prosecutor said Cecilia Abena Dapaah "was engaged in undisclosed and undeclared real estate business in which she obscured and concealed the transactions by employing the use of aliases to avoid detection of the actual ownership of the business and properties, while cleverly receiving proceeds of the transactions in her bank…

05 Jul

Airbus Saga: OSP Hints Possible Arrest Warrant Of Some Officials Including Mahama’s Brother

Jackson Odom KpakpoNewsairbus scandal, mahama, OSP

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has announced that investigations are ongoing regarding the alleged bribery by Airbus SE, a European multinational aerospace corporation, regarding the sale and purchase of military aircraft for the Republic of Ghana, in which former President John Dramani Mahama is allegedly complicit. According to the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, the OSP is working with INTERPOL and the central authorities of the United Kingdom and the United States under the mutual legal assistance regime as part of efforts to initiate an international arrest warrant for the arrest of some officials including brother of former President…