The Deputy Attorney-General, Dr. Justice Srem-Sai has dismissed claims by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) that the Attorney-General’s Office has, on several occasions, failed to cooperate with it in handling corruption-related cases.
The Deputy Attorney-General described the allegation as “completely false”.
“It cannot be true unless maybe he is referring to previous Attorneys-General. But since we came into office, there has not been any indication from the OSP that we should collaborate on anything,” he said.
Justice Srem-Sai was responding to a comment by the OSP’s Director of Strategy, Research and Communications, Sammy Darko, who said the Special Prosecutor’s Office had previously approached the Attorney-General’s Office to collaborate on some cases but had been turned down.
In an interview on JoyNews, Saturday, August 29, 2026, Mr Darko said the OSP had deliberately kept mute over several cases, insisting there are several instances in which it had sought collaboration from the Attorney-General’s Office on corruption cases but was turned down.
“There are so many issues the OSP has kept quiet and not talked about. Look, there are instances where the OSP has approached the Attorney-General’s Office and said, let us collaborate in this matter, and we have been turned down,” he claimed.
speaking in an interview after court proceedings on Monday, August 31, Srem-Sai also questioned the claim by Sammy Darko, explaining that the Attorney-General is the lead law enforcement authority, while the OSP and other investigative and prosecutorial bodies operate within the broader legal authority of the Attorney-General.
He cited a recent Supreme Court decision which, he said, affirmed the accountability of such institutions to the Attorney-General.
“Apart from it being false, I don’t know how the OSP will come to the Attorney-General to collaborate, we are the lead law enforcement agencies. OSP and the other agencies are under us,” he stated.
The Deputy Attorney-General argued that the relationship between the Attorney-General’s Office and other law enforcement institutions was not one of equals.
“We indicate what they are supposed to do. It is not a relationship of equals where they will say, ‘Let’s collaborate’,” he said.
The Deputy Attorney-General said he was surprised that the allegation had been made and insisted that there was no truth in the claim.
“Complete falsehood… That is absolutely false. There is no truth in what he has said,” he stressed.
The comments come in response to claims by the OSP that the Attorney-General’s Office had on several occasions refrained from cooperating with the Special Prosecutor in the handling of corruption cases.
