Former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has accused the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) of manipulating public perception through what he describes as a calculated media campaign against former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, who is currently undergoing medical treatment in the United States.
In an open letter available to MyNewsGH, Amidu criticised the OSP's public threat on June 1, 2025, to declare Ofori-Atta a wanted person if he failed to appear before the office the next day.
The OSP also threatened to initiate INTERPOL Red Notice procedures for his arrest and extradition.
According to Amidu, "The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is at its games with the public's mind again through media psychological operations with the threats it issued in the media on 1 June 2025 to the former Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, who is on medical treatment in the United States of America." Amidu pointed out that on the same day the OSP issued its public notice, GhanaWeb reported that Ofori-Atta's legal team had already formally notified both the Human Rights Court and the OSP of his inability to appear due to a deterioration in his health. "Ken Ofori-Atta's lawyers had formally informed the Human Rights Court and the OSP of the inability of the former Minister of Finance to report to the OSP as previously planned on 2 June 2025 due to an unanticipated decline in his health in the US," Amidu stated. "Ken Ofori-Atta's medical team provided medical reports that describe his present state of health and the planned surgeries." Amidu questioned why the OSP went public with its threat, despite already having access to the court records. "The public should be interested in knowing when Ken Ofori-Atta's lawyers formally informed the Human Rights Court and OSP of his state of health and why the OSP thinks it has a duty to inform the public on 1 June 2025 when the records provided to Court became public records for the media to find out for themselves," he said.
