The Deputy Attorney-General, Justice Srem Sai, has revealed that a private citizen has sued his outfit over the autonomous prosecutorial powers of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
He made the revelation in a post on Facebook on December 10.
“I can confirm that a citizen – Noah E. Tetteh – has sued the Attorney-General in Supreme Court suit number J1/3/2026. HIS GROUNDS: Parliament has no power to set up an office of a prosecutor which is independent and outside the control of the Attorney-General,”Justice Sai posted.
“HIS RELIEF: An order to strike down … the provisions of Act 959 that confer autonomous prosecutorial authority on the Office of the Special Prosecutor or insulate it from the Attorney-General’s constitutional control,” the Deputy A-G added.
Meanwhile, two Members of Parliament, have sponsored a private members bill to repeal the Office of Special Prosecutor Act, 2017.
The two MPs are: Mahama Ayariga, Member of Parliament for Bawku Central and Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, Member of Parliament for South Dayi.
They contended that “…operational experience since the establishment of the Office of the Special Prosecutor has revealed persistent challenges, including the duplication of constitutional prosecutorial functions of the Office of the Special Prosecutor and the Attorney-General, institutional friction and jurisdictional overlap resulting in delays and inefficiencies.
Other challenges include high operational costs of the Office of the Special Prosecutor with limited demonstrable impact relative to budgetary allocations, fragmentation of national prosecutorial policy and strategy and challenges in sustaining long-term institutional capacity due to parallel administrative infrastructure.
Parliament has therefore adopted a policy position that the national anti-corruption prosecutorial mandate can be more effectively and constitutionally exercised through a strengthened and retooled Office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice with a specialised anti-corruption division, rather than through a separate statutory body.
The Bill therefore seeks to consolidate the prosecution of corruption and corruption-related offences under the constitutional mandate of the Attorney-General in order to enhance efficiency, accountability, coordination and prudent use of public resources.
Read full bill- Office of the Special Prosecutor (Repeal) Bill, 2025 Hon. Mahama Ayariga.
