The Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has given an update on corruption-related cases presented to the Office of the Attorney General by the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) committee.
Speaking in an interview on ChannelOne TV on April 8, 2025, Kwakye Ofosu indicated that Attorney General, Dr Dominic Ayine, has made progress in the 288 corruption-related cases presented to him by the committee.
He said that so far, 65 suspects have been arrested, interrogated by the Attorney General, and some granted bail, awaiting the start of their prosecution.
“All the cases that were touched on under the ORAL committee’s work are being investigated. There are about 280 of them that were submitted. Out of that, 65 people as of last Friday had either been arrested, interrogated, or granted bail. And it’s going to continue as and when updates come. I’ll let you know,” he said.
He listed some of the big names that are being investigated by the Attorney General, including former Minister of Railway Development, Joe Ghartey; and Prof Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, a former Board Chairman of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF); who were implicated in the Accra Sky Train project.
“People like Professor Ameyaw-Akumfi, Joe Ghartey, the people involved in the National Service scandal and others are being looked into. So, 65 people as of last week Friday have been invited, questioned, some of them granted bail; the Kwabena Adu-Boahene case, perhaps the most prominent of all,” he added.
Kwakye Ofosu, who is the spokesperson of the President and Member of Parliament for Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese, said that the Attorney General will soon start prosecuting the ORAL cases, starting with that of Kwabena Adu-Boahene, a Director General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), who has been accused of transferring GH¢49 million (around $7 million) from the bureau’s account to his personal account, among other things.
“The Attorney General wants to do a thorough job. Yes, it is true that people may have given information to the ORAL committee about what they perceive to be wrongdoing, but we need to look into it to make sure that indeed people have committed wrongs and that it’s not just a mere misunderstanding. So, when you go to court, you can secure conviction,” he added
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