I will not permit this decision to stand – Special Prosecutor to Court

Case update

Republic V The Office of the Special Prosecutor.

An Accra High Court on 27 November 2023 quashed adverse findings in the report of the OSP on 3 August 2022 against Col. Damoah (Rtd) and Joseph Adu-Kyei.

The Court concluded that, the OSP is not a court of competent jurisdiction or a Commssion of Enquiry to make adverse findings. The court also prohibited the OSP from further investigating Col. Damoah (Rtd) and Joseph Adu-Kyei in respect of the adverse findings.

The OSP rejects the decision of the court in its entirety. In arriving at the findings of the matter, the OSP did not constitute itself into a court or a Commssion of Enquiry. The findings were based on investigations carried out by the OSP and the OSP is mandated by law to publish detected acts of corruption and its publication of the investigation report is in accordance with its statutory mandate.

Further, the decision of the court is extremely inimical to the fight against corruption and the administration of justice for a court to prohibit investigations.

The OSP will not permit this decision to stand.