An Open Letter to the Attorney-General and the Special Prosecutor: Ghanaians Are Tired of the Snail’s Pace

To:
Honourable Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine

Attorney-General and Minister for Justice of the Republic of Ghana

And:
Mr. Kissi Agyebeng
The Special Prosecutor, Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP)

Honourable Attorney-General and Worthy Special Prosecutor, we write to you directly because the patience of the Ghanaian public has completely evaporated. The phrase "the wheels of justice grind slowly" has become an unacceptable shield for institutional inertia and procedural luxury. While everyday citizens suffer under severe economic hardships, the state's highest-profile asset-recovery battle—the 78 corruption-related charges involving over GH¢1.4 billion in the Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML) revenue scandal—is trapped in a maze of endless adjournments, legal maneuvers, and jurisdictional boxing matches. Meanwhile, the primary accused, former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, remains physically insulated abroad in the United States.

The state's current legal playbook is failing the public. If your offices continue to rely on traditional, slow-moving criminal dockets while liquid corporate wealth sits free to be moved, restructured, or scrubbed across international lines, you are allowing the sovereign wealth of Ghana to be systematically lost. We have provided you with the tactical, operational blueprint for a Worldwide Mareva Injunction under Order 25 of C.I. 47. Now, on behalf of millions of increasingly frustrated Ghanaians, we demand that you step out of bureaucratic comfort zones, break through the culture of endless legal delays, and execute an aggressive, everyday campaign for accountability.

The Core Demands of an Impatient Nation

To restore public confidence and protect our national funds, your offices must immediately collaborate to enforce four non-negotiable structural demands:

Enforce an Immediate Application for Daily Hearings: The OSP and AG must formally petition the Chief Justice to allocate a dedicated, high-speed anti-corruption bench to hear the SML asset-preservation and civil-recovery motions on a consecutive, day-by-day basis. A trial of this magnitude cannot be treated like a routine civil property dispute scheduled weeks or months apart.
Vehemently Oppose and Block Unnecessary Adjournments: Defense teams routinely use tactical absences, frivolous appeals on minute technicalities, and constant requests for extensions to exhaust the state's clock. Your offices must adopt a zero-tolerance litigation posture—preempting these delay tactics by filing comprehensive, ironclad response briefs ahead of schedule and demanding immediate bench rulings from the handling judge.
Coordinate an Airtight AG-OSP Prosecutorial Alliance: The reported jurisdictional frictions regarding independent mandates between the Ministry of Justice and the OSP must end immediately. Under Section 52 of Act 1044 and standard state prosecutorial powers, you must present a unified legal front. The AG must provide the necessary explicit authorizations and state-backed financial indemnities to allow the OSP to execute sweeping, global asset freezes without fear of structural delays.
Incorporate All Historical "Missing" State Funds into the Current Scope: Do not allow the state's recovery perimeter to be narrowly restricted. The application for a Worldwide Freezing Order (WFO) must explicitly include tracing mandates for unresolved financial irregularities from the defendant’s ministerial tenure, including the historical missing 500 million bank transfer, locking down all adjacent proxy holdings and corporate channels globally.

Ghanaians are not interested in the procedural theater of long-drawn-out cases that culminate in empty public coffers. The power to act decisively is already entirely within your hands under Order 25 of the High Court Civil Procedure Rules (C.I. 47). The law gives you the weapon; what the public demands now is the institutional courage to wield it without hesitation. If Ken Ofori-Atta’s extensive corporate empire—spanning Databank, Enterprise Group, and various international private equity networks—remains liquid and fully active during an active multi-billion cedi state corruption case, it exposes a deep vulnerability in Ghana’s anti-corruption framework. We urge you to take immediate legal action, file for a Worldwide Mareva Injunction, demand daily court sessions, and show the world that the wealth of the Ghanaian people can never be treated as a political playground. Secure our assets now!

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