Former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta will return to Ghana to cooperate with a corruption investigation once he undergoes a scheduled surgical procedure on June 13, his family has announced.

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is currently probing Ofori-Atta, who has been placed on an INTERPOL Red Notice-a global alert for provisional arrest pending extradition.

However, his family has sharply criticized the move, accusing the OSP of overreach and a "premeditated vendetta." In a statement, they alleged due process violations and claimed medical records were withheld to justify the Red Notice.

The family also said they have formally petitioned INTERPOL's oversight body, the Commission for the Control of Files (CCF), and Ghana's National Central Bureau to revoke the alert. "Once Mr.