Renowned private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has sent a strong caution to President John Dramani Mahama against meddling in the ongoing legal battle over the powers of the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng.
Speaking in an interview on TV3’s The KeyPoints, Martin Kpebu claimed that some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) are begging President John Dramani Mahama to “save” the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng.
He asserted that any action the president takes on the matter would be remembered and urged him not to interfere.
“Just like now, we are picking up a fight with JM that this over-protection of Kissi Agyebeng is not on. From all my indications, some CSOs went to see him, begging him to protect Kissi Agyebeng,” he said.
Kpebu went on to say that President Mahama should allow the law to take its course.
He said that the Office of the Special Prosecutor, in its current state, has so many issues which are hindering the performance of its duty.
“We say, no, let the law take its course, because the things against it are too many. There is only promotion of corruption, not a fight,” he added.
About the challenge of the OSP’s power:
The High Court in Accra stripped the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) of its prosecutorial powers.
On Wednesday, April 15, 2026, the court directed the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, to take over all the cases being handled by the OSP until prosecutorial authorisation is granted.
This follows an earlier report by GhanaWeb on April 9, 2026, that the Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Justice Srem Sai, had filed proposed arguments asking the Supreme Court to declare Section 4(2) of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959) unconstitutional and strike it down to the extent of its inconsistency with the Constitution.
Section 4(2) of the Act requires the Attorney General to authorise the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to initiate and conduct prosecutions of corruption and related offences.
The Deputy Attorney General, in his statement of case filed on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, noted that the OSP has, since 2018, “been investigating such allegations and suspicions, and prosecuting the offences that relate to them, even without such requisite authorisation by the Attorney General.”
Source: Ghanaweb
