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The Minority in Parliament has called on the Supreme Court to expedite hearing of the pending constitutionality case on prosecutorial powers of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
That, it said, would provide clarity on the matter.
Addressing a press conference in Accra yesterday, the Deputy Ranking Member on the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee, Alhassan Tampuli Sulemana, accused the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) of orchestrating a coordinated effort to weaken and ultimately dismantle the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
He said recent legal and political developments pointed to a deliberate, multi-pronged campaign targeted at the anti-corruption institution.
He said the Minority’s intervention went beyond contesting a recent High Court ruling, describing the situation as a broader “political reckoning” involving legislative, judicial and administrative actions intended to undermine the independence of the OSP.
“We do this to expose, in the full light of public scrutiny, a deliberate, coordinated and sustained campaign by the NDC government to suffocate, neutralise and ultimately destroy the Office of the Special Prosecutor — the institution that Parliament, in its wisdom, created to prosecute corruption and corruption-related cases free from executive interference,” he stated.
Mr Sulemana, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gushegu, traced the genesis of the developments to December 2025, following the detention of private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu, by the OSP.
He argued that the incident triggered swift reactions from elements within the NDC, including calls for the removal of the Special Prosecutor.
He cited the subsequent introduction of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (Repeal) Bill, 2025, by Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, and Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, as the first attempt to abolish the OSP.
Mr Sulemana said the failed legislative effort was followed by a series of petitions seeking the removal of the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng.
He also pointed to a Supreme Court suit challenging the constitutional basis of the OSP’s prosecutorial powers, questioning the timing of the case and suggesting it formed part of a broader strategy to weaken the institution through litigation.
He criticised the role of the Attorney-General in the ongoing proceedings, alleging that the office had taken a position that undermined the OSP, rather than defending it as a statutory institution of the state.
Touching on the April 15, 2026 High Court ruling which nullified ongoing OSP prosecutions, Mr Sulemana argued that the decision effectively stripped the office of its prosecutorial authority.
He stated that the High Court lacked the jurisdiction to make such a determination, insisting that only the Supreme Court had the constitutional mandate to interpret the law in that regard.
