Ken Ofori-Atta Sues National Security Operatives After February 11 Raid On His Home
- Former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has sued National Security operatives over claims that they trespassed
- The suit at the high court named two senior police officers DSP Bismark Boakye Ansah and Chief Inspector Mensah
- The raid came a day before the Office of the Special Prosecutor declared Ofori-Atta a suspect in corruption investigations
Former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has sued National Security operatives, accusing them of trespassing on his home during a controversial raid.
The incident, which took place on February 11, 2025, saw security personnel raid Ofori-Atta’s Cantonments residence.
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Joy News reported that the suit at the high court named two senior police officers, DSP Bismark Boakye Ansah and Chief Inspector Mensah.
Ofori-Atta contended that they were trespassing on his private property.
His domestic staff reported that the team included 12 individuals, including the two police officers named in the suit.
The team conducted an extensive search of his premises, including private spaces such as bedrooms, the kitchen, and closets, without presenting a warrant, according to Ofori-Atta's suit.
When was Ofori-Atta's home raided?
Ofori-Atta was in the US at the time of the raid on medical grounds.
The raid came a day before the Office of the Special Prosecutor declared him a suspect in high-profile corruption investigations.
The former minister was temporarily declared wanted on the grounds of causing financial loss to the state in several dealings.
The cases include the controversial National Cathedral project and the Strategic Mobilisation Limited scandal.
The former minister is also under scrutiny for a deal between the Electricity Company of Ghana and Beijing Technology Limited, the procurement of ambulances and the utilisation of the Ghana Revenue Authority’s tax refund account.
In comments to YEN.com.gh, the Special Prosecutor Office stressed that it was not engaged in a witch hunt in this matter.
"The Office has a demonstrable record of conducting independent investigations and prosecutions. Under the previous administration, the OSP undertook inquiries into matters involving President Mahama, the Agyapa Deal, former Minister for Sanitation Cecilia Dapaah, the current majority leader Mahama Ayariga, and former Minister of State for Finance, Adu Boahen, the estate of Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie alias Sir John among others. The OSP was established for this specific purpose and continues to discharge its mandate professionally and independently."
CCTV footage from Ofori-Atta’s home showed Director of Special Operations at the National Security Secretariat Richard Jakpa with a gun on the premises during the raid.
Mahama's ORAL pledge on corruption
The Ofori-Atta controversy came amid the John Mahama administration's pledge to crack down on corruption.
President Mahama established an investigative committee known as Operation Recover All Loot which received over 200 complaints of corruption, amounting to more than $20 billion in recoverable funds.
He subsequently directed the attorney general to probe the claims.
At the handover of the committee’s report to the president on February 2 in Accra, the committee's chairman, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, said some cases could boost Ghana’s financial standing.
Ablakwa believes ORAL’s investigation into 36 high-profile cases alone could yield up to $20.49 billion.
These cases include major corruption scandals involving the National Cathedral project, Power Distribution Services (PDS), and the Saltpond decommissioning project, among others.
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He said ORAL’s findings indicate that prime state lands were sold at shockingly low prices, leading to an estimated revenue loss of $702.8 million.
The ORAL committee, established on December 18, 2024, was tasked with identifying and retrieving looted state assets.
The team also has former Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelevo; COP Kofi Boakye (rtd); Martin Kpebu, and Raymond Archer.
Mahama previously assured that ORAL was not a witch-hunt against Akufo-Addo appointees.
The Minority in Parliament urged Akufo-Addo appointees to boycott the Operation Recover All Loots preparatory committee arguing that the committee was not constitutional.
Majority leader apologises over raid on Ofori-Atta's home
YEN.com.gh reported that Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga apologised following the raid on former minister Ofori-Atta's home.
Ayariga confirmed in Parliament that Jakpa was behind the raid on the former finance minister's home and offered apologies.
He stated that the matter had been investigated, and key security agencies vowed that such an incident would not happen again.
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