Journalist and anti-corruption advocate Manasseh Azure Awuni has criticised the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) over the handling of the AB Adjei case, saying he has yet to receive satisfactory responses to questions he raised.
In an open letter addressed to activist and legal academic Kwaku Azar (Stephen Kwaku Asare), Awuni said the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, initially promised to respond to his queries within two weeks but has failed to do so.
“If I don’t get satisfactory answers, I will not testify again. I’m still waiting for Kissi Agyebeng to give me the answers he has promised,” he said.
Awuni highlighted concerns over changes to the charge sheets, noting that a key allegation of directly influencing a procurement process was downgraded to indirect influence.
“Since you have the new and old charge sheets, check Count 18 of the old charge sheet… the OSP has dropped count 18, which is a charge of directly influencing a procurement process to gain an unfair advantage,” he said.
He further questioned why investigations into funds traced to AB Adjei’s accounts, initially uncovered under former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu, have not progressed.
“The OSP could have ‘followed the money’ in its investigation and traced his assets. This standard practice has not been done,” Awuni said, pointing to $4.5 million, GHS15 million, and 54,000 Euros reported in Adjei’s accounts.
Awuni also criticised the OSP for relying heavily on his evidence as a journalist without conducting independent investigations.
“Are you not worried that after filing the case, the OSP used our resources to prosecute the case for two years before realising that the case was ‘hollow,’ as Sammy Darko put it?” he asked.
