A Presidential Staffer, Rosemond Obeng, has urged the public to exercise patience as the government pursues justice in corruption-related cases uncovered through the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) initiative, insisting that the process is yielding results despite growing demands for swift prosecutions.

Speaking on JoyNews’ AM Show on Tuesday, December 30, Madam Obeng acknowledged public frustration over the pace of prosecutions but stressed that justice must follow due process.

“For this government, with issues of ORAL, people are expecting to see people behind bars,” she said.

“We promised that those who looted the state and cared less about ordinary Ghanaians would face justice. But justice is a process.”

She described the cases uncovered so far as unprecedented, noting that investigations had revealed lifestyle excesses that could not be justified by known sources of income.

“We've not seen them before, cases whereby people who were being paid about 5000 a month could afford over 60 designer bags, could live in a $1 million home, could live a certain lifestyle that was not there for them before. So people see what has gone on, and they want people to face the full rigor of the law," she said.

Madam Obeng appealed to the judiciary to treat the cases with urgency, describing them as special and historic, while maintaining that ORAL has already achieved a significant milestone by exposing widespread corruption.

“We are on course, even if not for ORAL, we would not have found out what had happened, and so ORAL clearly is being very effective, and is focused and is achieving a purpose," she noted.

"We've exposed the rot. It's a process. It's a journey. We are going to make sure that the people who have looted will pay back the money.”

Responding to suggestions that the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) may have overstated its promises on accountability, Madam Obeng rejected claims of exaggeration, insisting that the findings so far have only scratched the surface.

“We did not exaggerate anything,” she said.

“We said things as they are, and the findings we have done as a matter of fact, it will interest so many people to know that the ones we have uncovered are so little, there are so many people.”

She disclosed that some suspects are already before the courts, others are expected to receive verdicts in the coming months, while additional cases are likely to be filed soon.

"Some are already in court, and some will be getting verdicts in the months to come. Some are also going to find themselves in the same situation very soon. And so since we did not exaggerate, but put what was happening as it is, we were quite open about it, and we have been able to expose."

She continued saying, " I don't think there's any contradiction whatsoever to say that we exaggerated, or we should have measured. What we saw, what we suspected, is what we have finally uncovered through the ORAL."

Calling for public patience, she reaffirmed the government’s commitment to accountability, adding, “People should just exercise a little patience. I want to see people behind bars.”