A security analyst is urging former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to return and respond to allegations against him, arguing that public accountability should not be avoided.
Speaking in an interview on 3FM Sunrise with Eric Mawuena Egbeta, Executive Director of the African Centre for Security and Counterterrorism, Emmanuel Kotin, questioned why the former minister has remained out of the country amid ongoing investigations.
“If I were the former Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, I would have come back to defend myself if I had not done anything wrong.
“It’s as simple as ABC. If you have not done anything wrong, why are you running away? Ghanaians want to know, and you owe them that.”
Kotin warned that silence and absence may damage Ofori-Atta’s reputation and family legacy. “He is creating a certain path that would damage his image and his children.
“And if you look at what is ahead in the future, it might not look good for the family. We had a former Finance Minister who had been declared a fugitive from justice and was not willing to turn himself in.”
He also expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of the Office of the Special Prosecutor, despite the significant resources allocated to it.
“I think the OSP has not performed well at all. If you look at the office and the amount of resources allocated to the Office of the Special Prosecutor and the level of prosecution so far, I think that we need to have a rethink about the Act altogether.”
Kotin stressed that accountability institutions must function effectively to sustain trust in Ghana’s governance and anti-corruption systems.
