Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has dismissed allegations that recent prosecutions under the government’s anti-corruption drive are politically motivated.

Speaking at a press conference in Accra today, the Justice Minister stressed that his office operates independently and without partisan influence, despite accusations from critics.

Dr Ayine addressed concerns that high-profile arrests and prosecutions have unfairly targeted political opponents.

He stressed that public briefings on prosecutions, modeled after practices in the U.S. justice system, are meant to ensure transparency, not to vilify individuals.

“Now, the United States of America is one of the world's oldest democracies, and US prosecutors, district attorneys, attorneys, or even the Attorney General of the United States of America, when they conclude investigations, they brief the press on their findings."

"Sometimes they file the charges and come out of the courtroom to brief the press on the charges that have been filed. There is nothing absolutely wrong with this," he said.

The Attorney General’s remarks come amid heated debate over several high-profile cases involving former officials and business figures who have been allegedly indicted in the government's flagship ORAL investigations.

Dr Ayine challenged detractors to provide evidence of bias, noting that suspects under investigation span diverse professional and social backgrounds.

"In all the press briefings that I have done, I've not mentioned or connected any political party to the actions of the people that I arrest and investigate. So the idea of doing this is not in order to make any political party look bad, or any faction in our Ghanaian politics look bad. What we are doing is simply to account to the people of this country."

The AG also revealed an expansive criminal enterprise involving top-level officials at the National Service Scheme (NSS), who allegedly orchestrated a payroll fraud operation across the country.

The AG says his office has uncovered evidence suggesting that senior administrators—including district directors, payroll officers, and the NSS CEO—collaborated over several years to inflate the NSS payroll with fake names.

According to him, investigators identified 81,885 "ghost" names used to siphon state resources.

The scheme allegedly resulted in the diversion of approximately GH¢548 million from public coffers.

Funds intended for newly enrolled service personnel were rerouted into the pockets of officials and accomplices.