Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng says his Office cannot probe the alleged case of a businessman trying to bribe the Majority MPs to dissuade them from impeaching Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta.
The OSP in a report on December 28, 2023, said responses by Asante Akim MP Andy Appiah-Kubi, the accuser and a vital key to resolving the case, and the unnamed businessman "appear to be rehearsed and well-choreographed to produce a joint and similar denial of the events so vividly captured by Mr. Appiah-Kubi in his interview with Joy FM."
Mr Agyebeng said, "The circumstances of the case are such that the cooperation and testimony of the accuser of the well-known wealthy businessman are essential to a successful prosecution.
"That is to say, in the context of this case, the gathered intelligence of the OSP and its investigation of the activities of its identified suspect, [unnamed], are not sufficient to sustain criminal charges.
"The institution of criminal proceedings would of necessity require the input and testimony of the accuser.
"This is because the meeting occurred between the accuser and his undisclosed colleagues and the suspect and whatever transpired therein is known only to the accuser and his undisclosed colleagues and the suspect.
"The events must be recounted by the attendees of the meeting if criminal charges are to be sustained. This is even more so as, naturally, it appears there is no record of the meeting."
The OSP determines that considering the lack of cooperation by MPs "the institution of criminal proceedings, at this time, against the OSP’s identified suspect would serve no useful purpose."
Kissi Agyebeng added, "The investigation may be re-opened should the circumstances and further facts so dictate."
Read the OSP's report below
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