Manasseh Azure Awuni, an Investigative journalist, has revealed that former finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta had three visas when he left Ghana.
The Investigative journalist highlighted that Ken Ofori-Atta left Ghana on January 4, 2025 and had a valid visa to the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States.
Manasseh further detailed that the embattled Ken Ofori-Atta’s U.S. visa will expire on February 14, 2026, his UK Visa will expire on April 21, 2032, with his Canadian visa will also expire on May 31, 2031.
In a post shared on X by Manasseh Azure on November 24, 2025, read, “My investigation has also revealed that Ken Ofori-Atta, whose date of birth is November 7, 1959, left Ghana on January 4, 2025. He departed from Terminal 3 of Kotoka International Airport and travelled on United Airlines Flight 997 to Washington, D.C., in the United States.
Ken Ofori-Atta travelled on a Ghanaian passport and has valid visas to the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States.
Ken Ofori-Atta’s U.S. visa will expire on February 14, 2026, about three months from now. His UK Visa will expire on April 21, 2032, and his Canadian visa will expire on May 31, 2031”.
Also, Manasseh added that Ernest Darko Akore, the Chef de Cabinet of Ken Ofori-Atta (A1), in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, also left Ghana on November 19, 2024.
According to him, Ernest Darko Akore, the second accused in the SML scandal, left Ghana on a ten-year U.S. passport.
He added, “Ernest Darko Akore, born on February 5, 1958, left Ghana on November 19, 2024. He travelled to New York on Delta Airlines Flight 156. He departed through Terminal 3 of the Kotoka International Airport.
Ernest Darko Akore travelled on a ten-year U.S. passport, which expires on August 4, 2031”.
Manasseh post further added, “In the next episode, 1 will answer the question of whether the OSP made any efforts on the SML investigations despite the challenges, or it folded its arms and only started a frantic chase after Ken Ofori-Atta left the country. It is my hope that these facts will help to put the discussions in perspective as we seek accountability from those who have misused or looted public funds and those tasked with the power of the state to seek accountability on our behalf”.
Some netizens reacting to the post shared by Manasseh Azure stated, “This is why he is fighting his Interpol red alert because if his US visa expires, he would then travel to the UK or Canada, which might lead to his arrest if the red alert isn’t removed”.
“A private investigator could go this far, I think you should present a bill to parliament @GhanaParliament where private investigators get to keep 30% of the loot after successful conviction”, one netizen added.
A netizen added, “He left while his Cousin was president and two clear days before he became ex-president. Ofori Atta strategically fled”
Meanwhile, Martin Kpebu, a private legal practitioner, his sources tell him that Ken Ofori-Atta, through one of his sons, has applied for permanent residence in the US.
Speaking on The Key Points on TV3 on November 22, 2025, Kpebu stated, “It turns out that in the interim, Ken Ofori-Atta is trying to get permanent residence in the US. You know, this work we do, if I had to disclose all my sources, my sources would dry up. It’s credible, but I have to keep citizen journalism. I have the right to keep it”.
“So right now, the key thing is that, and that’s why it’s really aching me more. As the OSP was being reluctant, Ofori-Atta, through one of his sons, applied for permanent residence in the US. So that complicates his return”, he added.
He further explained, “I look at where the source is coming from. I believe it. And of course, if push comes to shove, we’ll go into the US system, which is there, and they’ll say, Okay, we’ll do an RTI request to the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department in the US”.
“So the key thing is that, as we’re here, from January [2025] we started asking for trial in absentia. The OSP came and gave us ridiculous, ludicrous answers, that, no, you cannot do a trial in absentia. Eleven months! The fugitives, as described, are not in the country, obviously. So the trial is going to go on,” he fumed.
Source: Ghnow.com
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