Deputy AG Srem-Sai on why EOCO and not OSP is leading AKSA/Asante Berko bribery probe

The Deputy Attorney General Dr Justice Srem-Sai has explained why the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), rather than the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), is leading Ghana’s local investigations into the AKSA bribery scandal.

The local investigation follows the conviction in the United States of Kwaku Asante Berko, a former Goldman Sachs banker and former Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery, over a bribery scheme linked to a power plant project in Ghana.“So before I take a decision that I disagree with this state attorney’s view, I must put on paper my basis for that disagreement,” he said.