{"id":5667,"date":"2025-02-23T16:21:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T16:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=5667"},"modified":"2025-02-23T16:21:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T16:21:50","slug":"ken-ofori-atta-declared-wanted-by-ghanas-special-prosecutor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/23\/ken-ofori-atta-declared-wanted-by-ghanas-special-prosecutor\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Ofori-Atta Declared Wanted by Ghana&#8217;s Special Prosecutor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ghana&#8217;s Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has declared former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta a wanted person for evading law enforcement and neglecting requests for his presence .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agyebeng stated that Ofori-Atta was invited to cooperate with the investigation, but he refused, attempting to avoid the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, the Special Prosecutor&#8217;s office has taken steps to ensure Ofori-Atta&#8217;s return to Ghana to face questioning. Agyebeng emphasized that Ofori-Atta&#8217;s personal attendance is required, and his lawyers&#8217; offer to provide information in his absence is insufficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation involves several high-profile cases, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The National Cathedral Project<\/em>: Allegations surrounding the acquisition and procurement processes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The ECG and Beijing Jao Project<\/em>: Concerns over the deduction of project funds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Health Ministry&#8217;s Contract with Service Ghana Auto Limited<\/em>: Questions surrounding the vesting of projects and payments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Agyebeng has warned that serious action will be taken to ensure Ofori-Atta&#8217;s investigation and potential prosecution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ken Ofori-Atta Declared Wanted by Ghana&#8217;s Special Prosecutor<\/p>\n<p>Ghana&#8217;s Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has declared former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta a wanted person for evading law enforcement and neglecting requests for his presence .<\/p>\n<p>Agyebeng stated that Ofori-Atta was invited to cooperate with the investigation, but he refused, attempting to avoid the law.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the Special Prosecutor&#8217;s office has taken steps to ensure Ofori-Atta&#8217;s return to Ghana to face questioning. Agyebeng emphasized that Ofori-Atta&#8217;s personal attendance is required, and his lawyers&#8217; offer to provide information in his absence is insufficient.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation involves several high-profile cases, including:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; *The National Cathedral Project*: Allegations surrounding the acquisition and procurement processes.<br \/>\n&#8211; *The ECG and Beijing Jao Project*: Concerns over the deduction of project funds.<br \/>\n&#8211; *The Health Ministry&#8217;s Contract with Service Ghana Auto Limited*: Questions surrounding the vesting of projects and payments.<\/p>\n<p>Agyebeng has warned that serious action will be taken to ensure Ofori-Atta&#8217;s investigation and potential prosecution. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5672,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5667\/revisions\/5672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}