Explosive Tape Recording Against SP Imminent
…Kpebu Prepares Petition for Kissi Agyebeng’s Removal
Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has disclosed he is preparing to submit a detailed petition, complete with what he describes as tape recordings and witnesses to support the removal of the Special Prosecutor (SP), Kissi Agyebeng.
Speaking on The KSM Show, Mr Kpebu said the alleged recordings relate to what he claims are acts of interference and questionable conduct by the Special Prosecutor in cases involving certain high-profile individuals, some of whom he says are friends or former clients of the SP.
According to him, his petition will add to the 16 petitions he says are already pending against Mr Agyebeng.
“I’m not so dumb at my age to come out and make claims without evidence,”
Mr Kpebu said. “We have the tapes. I will present them, and the witnesses will appear and testify.”
He referenced an alleged incident involving Dr Kingsley Agyemang, former Registrar of the Scholarship Secretariat, in which he claims investigators were preparing to arrest the former official but the Special Prosecutor intervened.
“There is a case of Kingsley where there’s allegation of corruption and the other individuals will be standing as witnesses so I don’t want to mention their names. So, eventually, the matter was reported to the OSP; investigators did their work and they were about to arrest Kingsley and Kissi stopped them from arresting [Kingsley on grounds that] he is my friend etc and so, we have the tapes. I will present them and the people will line up and testify. So, when I see people saying Kpebu bring corruption [evidence]. But KSM at my age am I so dumb that if I’m not standing on anything, I just come and say it? You see I’ve said it?”
Calls for Resignation
Mr Kpebu argued that Mr Agyebeng has “outlived his usefulness” and should step down to preserve public confidence in the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
“With the number of petitions, I think the best thing is for him to resign. It’s not about his ego; it is about the integrity of the society,” he said.
He added that the work of the OSP would not be hindered by a removal, pointing to Deputy Special Prosecutor Cynthia Lamptey, whom he described as “far more senior at the Bar.”
“Kissi’s deputy is far more senior to him at the Bar, Cynthis Lamptey is more senior to Kissi so the work will continue. Then, we will get a new Special Prosecutor. It will be a lesson to the next Special Prosecutor to learn from it”.
Dispute Over NIB Assistance
The legal practitioner also refuted the Special Prosecutor’s recent claims that he sought but did not receive assistance from the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), National Security, and Immigration Service in efforts to arrest former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta.
Mr Kpebu stated that he had sighted a response from the NIB denying any such request from the SP, insisting that Mr Agyebeng’s claims had “brought the Bureau into disrepute.”
“He has embarrassed the NIB and reduced its standing in the eyes of citizens. He has lost focus and should leave the office,” he asserted.
“You see, that is disrepute, because since then you will see that he’s been the talk of town. Go to social media, citizens saying he should go, he should go. He has outlived his usefulness; he embarrassed and look at this: He has run down NIB. For what he has done, he has reduced NIB in the eyes of the citizen. Do you know the damage he has done to NIB?”
These developments come amid reports that 10 petitions have been forwarded by the President to the Chief Justice, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, for the determination of a prima facie case regarding the possible removal of both the Special Prosecutor and leadership of the Electoral Commission (EC).
According to the Daily Graphic, seven petitions target the EC Chairperson, Jean Mensa, and her deputies—Dr Bossman Eric Asare and Samuel Tettey. Three others relate to the removal of Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng.
Per Article 70(2) of the Constitution, the President appoints EC leadership based on the advice of the Council of State.
Their conditions of service and removal procedures are aligned with those of Justices of the superior courts: the EC Chairperson has the status of a Court of Appeal Justice, while the deputies correspond to High Court Justices.
