Chairman of Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee has debunked claims by Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu that he had no control over his seconded staff.

Ben Abdallah said assuming total control over staff is a provision enshrined in the law that established the Office of the Special Prosecutor.

"What he said was that he was working with seconded staff but the law has given the office of the Special Prosecutor the mandate that anytime a seconded person or staff is sent to his office, the Special Prosecutor assumes total control over that person.

"Its not the previous office that the seconded staff was transferred that assumes control over the person," Mr Abdallah said.

His comment comes on the back of allegations made by Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu, following his resignation.

Mr Amidu, in a letter stating reasons for his resignation, outlined a number of issues, including a claim that, he was working with seconded staff whom he had no control over.

In an earlier report [sent prior to his resignation], on findings on the corruption allegations levelled against former PPA boss, Martin Amidu said work on James Adjenim Boateng's, case delayed because his investigators were compromised.

Reacting to this, Mr Abdallah explained that, at the time the OPS was established and Mr Amidu was appointed, recruitment for staff for his office had not been done yet.

However, he [Mr Amidu] could not work in the vacuum, thus, provision of the seconded staff were made available to him to enable him to work.

"That explains why Martin Amidu and his office were able to do some investigations and were able to send one or two matters to court for prosecution," he added.