The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has described his role as a "thankless job" that earns him droves of enemies daily due to the nature of his work in fighting corruption.
Speaking at the Constitution Day Public Lecture in Accra on Friday, February 28, Mr. Agyebeng noted that while everyone claims to support the fight against corruption.
However, he stated that few are willing to undergo scrutiny when the investigations turn toward them.
"The position of the Special Prosecutor is a very thankless job. It fetches you droves of enemies daily and it brings you into frontal contact with the lowest forms of debasement in humans.
"You do not go asking for it, it finds you. That is the nature of the job. Everyone was to do his job, yet no one wants the special prosecutor to do his job. It all depends on the subject of the investigation," he stated.
He described this paradox as a reflection of human nature, which people agree that corruption must be tackled, yet they resist accountability when they are the subject of investigation.
"No one happily accedes to indictment, no one accepts investigations, no one wants to be called out as suspected of engaging in corruption and corruption-related activities and so there is always a strong pushback intended at deflecting the focus of scrutiny and accountability," Mr Agyebeng said.
According to him, this resistance often takes the form of sponsored attacks and defamatory publications aimed at discrediting him and the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
Beyond reputational attacks, Mr. Agyebeng revealed that his job comes with serious security risks, as some individuals affected by his work would not "hesitate to take his life if given the opportunity."
"My security risk is ultra high and I have to be perpetually on the lookout for attacks on my person," he added.
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