Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyapong, has expressed strong disapproval of how the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is handling the case involving former Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.

Speaking in an interview with Citi FM on Tuesday, 3rd June, Mr Agyapong lamented that the former minister is being treated “like a common criminal” by the OSP, a posture he described as unlawful.

"The way he [Special Prosecutor] is going about it, treating him [Ofori-Atta] as if he is a common thief, there has not been proven beyond a reasonable doubt," he said.

"We shouldn't encourage such behaviour because I think it is not right. The first is to go to the court of law and establish a prosecution if he believes what he has gathered is enough," he stressed.

He called on civil society organisations to speak out against what he described as a worrying trend of prosecutorial overreach.

His comments follow recent actions by the Office of the Special Prosecutor, which declared Mr Ofori-Atta a fugitive after he failed to return to the country to respond to charges relating to alleged corruption and abuse of office.

The OSP has insisted that efforts to engage the former minister have been met with non-cooperation, citing the absence of official medical documentation to justify his prolonged stay abroad.

Mr Agyapong, however, maintains that the role of the OSP must remain within the limits of the law and should avoid any conduct that undermines the dignity of individuals under investigation.