Former Speaker Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye has challenged the basis upon which the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) invited and detained lawyer Martin Kpebu, insisting the action falls outside the Special Prosecutor’s mandate.
Speaking on TV3’s Ghana Tonight, Prof. Oquaye said the situation risks disturbing national stability at a time when Ghana requires calm.
“It is most unfortunate, even more so because we need a certain amount of stability, peace, decorum in this republic to go about our developmental matters,” he said.
He argued that the Special Prosecutor acted without proper legal grounds. “The SP did not even have any business inviting Kpebu,” he stated. According to him, the appropriate response to claims made by the lawyer should have been civil action.
“If Kpebu says you are corrupt, you can sue him, or you can refer him to another agency if you think there is a crime. Your business is to investigate corruption. Is Kpebu being charged with corruption?”
Prof. Oquaye added that repeated overlap among investigative bodies continues to create institutional confusion.
He stressed the need to strengthen existing structures rather than expanding new agencies that complicate the process.
Kpebu was released after spending close to five hours in OSP custody.
