‘Ken Ofori-Atta will return to Ghana in his own time’ – Frank Davies

Chairman of the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Frank Davies, says former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta will return to Ghana “in his own good time.”

Mr Davies made the comments on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi, where the NPP is holding its National Delegates Congress and national officers' elections.

He was responding to questions about Mr Ofori-Atta's continued absence from Ghana amid ongoing criminal proceedings and efforts by Ghanaian authorities to have him return to the jurisdiction.

Mr Davies said he would not join what he described as the “court of public opinion”, maintaining that every person accused or suspected of an offence must be treated in accordance with the principles of due process and the presumption of innocence.

“Our criminal jurisprudence says that an accused person is innocent until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt, so let those who want to wallow in the court of public opinion keep calling him names; do so, but I am not one of those people because I respect the rights of everyone: accused person, suspect and person of interest.

“For now, whatever the state had against Ofori-Atta has been settled in America, and so let us wait for what they have to settle in Ghana.”

The former Finance Minister is facing corruption and corruption-related charges in Ghana arising from investigations by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).

The OSP says Mr Ofori-Atta is facing 28 counts of corruption and corruption-related offences in a case before the High Court in Accra.

The case involves allegations relating to contracts between Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).

In June 2026, Mr Ofori-Atta secured a significant legal victory in the United States after an immigration court approved his application to adjust his immigration status, paving the way for him to obtain lawful permanent residency.

The decision was delivered during proceedings in which the court considered Mr Ofori-Atta's I-485 petition, a key step in the process of acquiring permanent resident status in the United States.

—CitiNewsroom