Palgrave Boakye Danquah, a former spokesperson for former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on governance and security has questioned the competence of Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng.
The security strategist and governance specialist believes the Special Prosecutor is behaving as if he did not take his law lessons seriously.
He condemned Kissi Agyebeng for declaring Ken Ofori-Atta a fugitive, ignoring the correspondence the former minister sent to him.
He expressed concern that this action has made Ghana a laughingstock on the international stage.
Speaking to Sir Richie on As It Is in Ghana on Rainbow Radio 92.4FM, he stated that the OSP has acted as if he does not understand his training as a lawyer.
He argued that if anyone should be declared a fugitive, it should be the former boss of MASLOC, Sedina Tamakloe, who was tried in absentia and sentenced to ten years in prison for corruption and related offences.
Palgrave Boakye Danquah insisted that the OSP had no authority to declare Ken Ofori-Atta a fugitive.
“The OSP is a lawyer, but he is behaving as if he did not take his law lessons seriously. A fugitive is someone who has escaped jail or someone who has been condemned or convicted.
“The real fugitive he should be pursuing is Sedina Tamakloe, the woman sentenced to a ten-year jail term for misappropriating state resources. She is now in the United States and has refused to return to serve her prison sentence with hard labour. She is the fugitive who must be pursued.
“If the OSP has ignored her and chosen not to go after her, then he lacks an understanding of his legal profession and did not grasp his lessons while in school.
“This is a national embarrassment. He is disgracing the country. Do you know the most interesting thing? We have become a laughingstock. Some matters should be handled internally. Where was diplomacy in all of this?
“The next time you mention Ghana, instead of talking about gold, the Black Star, cocoa, or oil, people will say, ‘Your finance minister was a fugitive,’ instead of addressing the misinformation.”
