Akufo-Addo petitioned to sack Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng

President Nana Akufo Addo has been petitioned to remove the Special Prosecutor, Mr Kissi Agyebeng from office.

The Petition was received by the President and forwarded to the Chief Justice for further processing. As a matter of law, the Chief Justice has begun processes to determine if there is a prima facie against Kissi Agyebeng to warrant his impeachment.

The petition was filed by former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu and dated April 30, 2024. It was then forwarded to the Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo on May 6.

Kissi Agyebeng was sworn into office on August 5, 2021, as the second Special Prosecutor for a statutory term of seven (7) years after Martin Amidu resigned on November 16, 2020.

The 45-year-old Lawyer has recently been engaged in standoffs with some former government appointees. His latest saw him trade public responses with EOCO and the Attorney General’s Office over Cecilia Abena Dapaah’s case.

Kiss Agyebeng led his office to begin an investigation into the Cecilia Dapaah saga but later transferred the case to EOCO to investigate money laundering. EOCO, however, returned the case document to the Special Prosecutor on the advice of the Attorney General.

The petition for his removal cited the violation of citizens’ right to information and the violation of citizens’ rights through arrests and detentions. Also, the petition cited abuse of judges and the administration of justice, procurement breaches and improper appointment of persons to the Office of the Special Prosecutor as reasons requiring his removal.

According to sources, the cases are based on the OSP’s arrest of Cecilia Dapaah and Professor Frimpong Boateng, Martin Amidu said their rights were infringed. The petition according to sources also hinges on the Special Prosecutor’s claims that Judges have ganged up against him.

In that press conference on November 29, 2023, Kissi Agyebeng said “Indeed, I have had several calls from well-meaning lawyers admonishing me that they have heard talk that our friends who have been elevated to the bench and presiding over court cases do not take very kindly to criticism, especially of the public-calling-out variety, as we do.

“And that if the office persists in the media releases, the judges will gang up against the office and throw out all our cases.”