The Office of the Special Prosecutor's (OSP) decision to publicly declare former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta wanted again, complete with an INTERPOL Red Notice, has drawn sharp criticism from private legal practitioner Amanda Clinton.
While acknowledging the legal appropriateness of an Interpol notification in such circumstances, Ms Clinton argues that the publicity surrounding the declaration was largely "needless" and potentially counterproductive to the OSP's own objectives.
Speaking today, Friday, June 6, 2025, on the JoyNews AM Show in response to the OSP's re-issuance of the Red Notice after Ofori-Atta missed his June 2 deadline, Ms Clinton, the Head of Chambers at Clinton Consultancy, highlighted a crucial distinction between legal procedure and strategic execution. "There is a fine line between holding a press conference in order to enlighten the public as to efforts to move a corruption case forward with no emotion...
But there is, and when we see it play out in the world in terms of the UK, US, etc., there isn't this hugely political side too much," Clinton observed, alluding to the heightened political polarisation surrounding the Ofori-Atta case.
