The High Court in Accra has directed the Attorney-General’s Department to immediately assume control of all criminal prosecutions currently being handled by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), pending formal authorisation from the Attorney-General.
The ruling throws into uncertainty several high-profile corruption cases before the courts, including the trial of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and the NPA extortion case involving former CEO Mustapha Abdul-Hamid.
The order follows a live constitutional challenge at the Supreme Court questioning the legality of the OSP’s independent prosecutorial powers under Article 88 of the 1992 Constitution.
Both the AG’s Department and the OSP are yet to comment. The Chronicle will update this story as it develops.
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