Award-winning investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has revealed details of a conversation he had with a close relative of embattled former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, who is currently the subject of multiple corruption-related investigations by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) and other security agencies.
According to Awuni, the discussion, which took place months ago, indicated that Ofori-Atta has no intention of returning to Ghana voluntarily.
“I heard from someone close to Ken Ofori-Atta about three or four months ago that he’s never coming back to Ghana,” Awuni said in a news card shared by GHOne TV on Wednesday, November 4, 2025.
Ken Ofori-Atta was first identified by the OSP in January 2025 as a suspect in several corruption-related cases, including alleged irregularities in contracts with Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML), expenditures linked to the National Cathedral project, and issues concerning health and tax refund operations.
He was declared a fugitive in February 2025 after failing to honour multiple OSP summonses. His lawyers subsequently requested that his name be removed from the wanted list, promising he would return.
However, after he again failed to appear before the OSP in June 2025, his fugitive status was reinstated.
The OSP has since indicated it will pursue extradition while maintaining the Interpol Red Notice.
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Ten months after being first declared a fugitive, Ofori-Atta has neither been arrested in the United States nor voluntarily returned to Ghana.
The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, recently announced at a press briefing that charges would be filed against Ofori-Atta and others implicated in the SML scandal.
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